PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Avery Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haris Milavic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haris Milavic acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Murphy
vs
Milavic

157 cm
19
214 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

173 cm
18
206 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Avery Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Haris Milavic!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milavic shoots and misses

and Murphy counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Milavic's guard now.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Murphy would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Murphy could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Murphy working some strikes from top position.

Milavic looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Milavic wants to sweep here but Murphy controlling him for the moment.
Milavic looking to control but Murphy passes into half guard.
Murphy wants to get back to his feet.
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!
Milavic trying to control but Murphy postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Murphy working over Milavic with some ground and pound. Milavic looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Murphy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Milavic is trying to stand back up but Murphy is controlling him
Murphy trying to control the pace.
Milavic trying to hold on to Murphy's head to control him but Murphy postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Murphy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Milavic is controlling Murphy's trapped leg to prevent Murphy from advancing to side control.
Murphy working over Milavic with some ground and pound. Milavic looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Murphy seems to be looking for submissions.
Milavic wants to control but Murphy is keeping busy.
Murphy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Murphy tries to pass the half guard into mount. Milavic knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Murphy controlling the pace.

Murphy is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Milavic has a hand on Murphy's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Murphy takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Murphy lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy controlling his opponent.
Murphy wants to control the pace but Milavic is squirming around nicely.
Milavic tries to lock up and control but Murphy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Murphy lands a heavy elbow.
Murphy is landing with some decent strikes but Milavic is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murphy controlling the pace for now.
Murphy with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Avery Murphy dominated that round.
That's time! Murphy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Milavic has his takedown stuffed

and Murphy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Murphy is pressed up against the cage. Milavic has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Murphy down to the mat. Murphy avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Milavic.
Avery Murphy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Haris Milavic.
Murphy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Milavic counters with an inside leg kick.
Murphy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Milavic fails in his attempt to clinch.

Murphy fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Milavic to the ground. Murphy is now in Milavic's guard.
Murphy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Murphy passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Murphy has knee on belly and moves into mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy controlling from mount.
Milavic is breathing heavily.
Murphy has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Murphy punishing his opponent with strikes.
Murphy looking to control and managing it successfully.
Milavic wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands punches and elbows.
I would not like to be Milavic right now.
Milavic takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee is taking a good look at Milavic as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Murphy!
A bit of a pause in the action here. Murphy controlling the positon.
Milavic is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Milavic is still trying to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Milavic is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murphy has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Milavic's body.
Avery Murphy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Murphy has got one arm under Milavic's chin. This could be trouble... Milavic trying to control the other hand but Murphy gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Milavic has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Avery Murphy!