PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ejnar Thorsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ejnar Thorsen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Charlie Murphy's chin.

Thorsen
vs
Murphy

180 cm
27
195 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

187 cm
26
200 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Crippler's Corner

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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ejnar Thorsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charlie Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorsen takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Murphy walks into a jab.
Thorsen avoids the head kick by Murphy.
Murphy loads up on a big right hand but Thorsen slips the punch.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Thorsen moved away.
Murphy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Murphy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murphy tries to clinch but Thorsen is having none of it.
Murphy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Murphy takes a swing at Thorsen's ribcage but misses.
Murphy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Thorsen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Murphy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy throws a low kick but Thorsen moves out of range easily.
Murphy tries to clinch there but Thorsen circles away.
Thorsen misses with an attempted mid kick.

Murphy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy throws a hook to the side of Thorsen's head but Thorsen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thorsen throws a lazy right hand but Murphy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thorsen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Good shot there by Thorsen.
Thorsen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murphy. Murphy obviously looking to wear him down.
Murphy connects with a right hand. Thorsen shakes it off.
Thorsen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Murphy.
Thorsen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murphy.
Thorsen misses the shot to the body.
Murphy is looking to clinch.
Murphy lands with a thumping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thorsen. That did some damage!

Murphy instigates a clinch.
Thorsen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thorsen manages to break the clinch.
Murphy scores with a nice body kick.
Thorsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Thorsen slips under a jab.
Murphy attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Murphy rushes Thorsen and presses him up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Thorsen as the two fighters clinch.
Murphy lands a knee to the body.
Murphy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thorsen blocks an elbow strike from Murphy.
Murphy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thorsen's defenses.

It looks like Ejnar Thorsen has been cut.
Murphy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thorsen up against the cage.
Murphy working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thorsen.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murphy.
Murphy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thorsen's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorsen misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy blocks a body shot from Thorsen.
Murphy trying to control the position but instead, Thorsen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Murphy into the cage.
Thorsen working aggressively here.
A short body shot lands from Thorsen as the two fighters clinch.
Murphy lands with a right to the head.
Murphy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murphy looking to throw knees to the head but Thorsen is blocking nicely.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Murphy.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thorsen presses Murphy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Murphy is stalling here.
Thorsen lands a body shot.
Murphy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Murphy taking a breather.
Murphy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorsen tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thorsen scores with a hook to the body.
Murphy looks winded!
Thorsen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thorsen avoids the elbow strike from Murphy, against the cage.
Murphy looking to slow down the pace here.
Thorsen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Murphy blocks a body shot from Thorsen.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Thorsen blocks with his arms.
Thorsen lands a body punch in the clinch.

Thorsen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thorsen connects with the punch.
Thorsen throws a looping overhand right but Murphy ducks down to avoid it.
Murphy scores with a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch but Thorsen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murphy takes a swing at Thorsen's ribcage but misses.
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Murphy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ejnar Thorsen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Thorsen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Thorsen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thorsen. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thorsen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Murphy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murphy explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Thorsen drops Murphy with a beautiful combination! Murphy stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Thorsen is looking for the KO!

Murphy is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thorsen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murphy is still on wobbly legs! Can Thorsen finish him?
A jab from Thorsen misses.
Murphy throws a push kick but Thorsen slaps the foot to one side.
Thorsen lands a nice looking body shot.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thorsen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ejnar Thorsen is winning the standup battle so far.
A bone on bone clash there as Thorsen blocks the leg kick.
Thorsen scores with a hook to the body. Murphy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Murphy slips under a jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Thorsen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Thorsen misses the shot to the body.
Murphy slips under a jab from Thorsen.
Murphy seems to have recovered his senses.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Thorsen is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oooooh!!! Thorsen has knocked Murphy down with a huge combo! Thorsen steps away and waves a wobbly Murphy back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Thorsen avoids the head kick by Murphy.
Thorsen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murphy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Thorsen's sensitive parts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Thorsen cracks Murphy with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Murphy looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Thorsen finish him?
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Thorsen.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murphy.
Murphy misses with a few strikes there.
Murphy is looking to clinch.
Murphy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thorsen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Murphy darts in and clinches Thorsen up against the cage.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Thorsen blocks with his arms.
Thorsen scores with a hook to the body.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Thorsen lands a shoulder strike.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Murphy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thorsen is defending well for now.
A nice left hand lands by Thorsen.
Thorsen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Thorsen lands a nice shot to the body.
Murphy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thorsen blocks it with crossed arms.
Murphy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thorsen or not.
Thorsen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thorsen lands a nice uppercut.
Murphy misses with a knee strike.
Thorsen can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Thorsen.
Nice body punch from Thorsen - that landed with a thud.
Thorsen misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorsen digs a right hand into Murphy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Murphy's gas tank.

Thorsen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy throws a hook but Thorsen avoids it easily.
Thorsen just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Thorsen.
Thorsen throws a jab but it's blocked by Murphy.
Charlie Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thorsen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Thorsen scores with a jab to the body.
Murphy throws a leg kick
and Thorsen counters with a stiff jab, followed by a cross and an uppercut! That's too much punishment for Murphy to take - he tumbles to the canvas, blood pouring from his nose, barely conscious. That's the end of the fight! Great knockout by Thorsen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ejnar Thorsen!
Ejnar Thorsen tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.