PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Career Over (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over 's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rage against the machine - Bombtrack. Murphy has chosen Game of Thrones - The Rains of Castamere as his entrance music. Joe Murphy has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Over
vs
Murphy

187 cm
38
194 lbs
39 - 14 - 0

150 cm
30
183 lbs
18 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 39 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Career Over !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Over throws a sloppy head kick and Murphy moves out of range easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Over .
Over fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Over misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Over tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Over fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Over .
A head punch on the inside from Over fails to land.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Over uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.
Over misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Over blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy is stalling here.
Murphy has Over pushed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Over takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Over .
Murphy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Over backwards.
Over throws a head punch that misses.
Over misses with the head strike.
Over misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murphy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Murphy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murphy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Over blocking some punches.
Murphy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Over misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murphy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Over backwards.
Murphy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Over tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Over back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Over blocks an uppercut.
Over blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Over .
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Over blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Over .
Over misses with a punch on the inside.
Over misses with a hook from the clinch.
Over scores with a shot to the side of Murphy's head.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Over swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Over throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Over misses with the head strike.
Murphy is pushing Over up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Murphy prevents a body shot from Over .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Over struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
Over tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Over uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Over .
Over working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Over .
Over misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Over .
Murphy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Over swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Over uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy looking to slow down the pace here.
A shot in the inside from Over .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Over lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murphy.
Murphy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short left from Over .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Over .
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Over uses good head movement to avoid it.
Over blocking some punches.
Over misses with a hook from the clinch.
Over misses with a punch on the inside.
Murphy effectively controlling the action here.
Murphy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Over working aggressively here.
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.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Murphy dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Murphy throws the left hand but Over avoids the punch easily.
Over gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murphy.
Murphy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Over throws a head kick that misses.
Over walks into a straight right hand from Murphy.
Murphy throws an overhand right that lands on Over 's shoulder, as Over tries to avoid the shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Murphy misses the target.
Over tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Over tries a head kick but it misses.
Murphy jabs Over to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Over avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Over scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Murphy swings for the body but Over moves out of range.
Over fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Over ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Over is looking to clinch but Murphy is avoiding it.
Murphy throws a body punch but Over moves out of range.
Murphy throws a chopping leg kick but Over manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Joe Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Over keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Murphy lands a right hook to the body.
Murphy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Over rather than just go for the knockout.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Murphy.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Over ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Over connects with an inside leg kick.
Murphy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Over counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Joe Murphy has been cut.
Murphy scores with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Over misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Over counters with a stiff right hand.

Over gets a clinch.
Murphy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Over lands a shoulder strike.
Over misses with some punches.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Over misses with a hook from the clinch.
Over throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
A short right from Murphy on the inside.
A short right from Over on the inside.
Over throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Murphy gets through Over 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Over misses with a short punch on the inside.
Over softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murphy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Over throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
Joe Murphy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Over blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy lands a right hand.
Over throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Murphy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Over backwards.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Murphy.
Over misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Over lands with a short shot to the head.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Over .
A nice right hand lands inside from Over .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Over misses with the head strike.
Over swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Murphy scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Over .
Over tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
Over blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Over fails to land.
Over blocks an uppercut.
Murphy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Murphy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Over misses with the head strike.
Over swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Murphy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joe Murphy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Over avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Over throws a counter high kick but Murphy was just alert enough to avoid it.
Murphy with a nice cross.

Murphy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Over throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
A head punch on the inside from Over fails to land.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Over fails to land.
Over lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Over blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Over on the inside.
Over struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.
Over blocking some punches.
Over misses with a punch on the inside.
Over lands an uppercut.
Murphy scores with a shot to the side of Over 's head.
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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Over .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Over swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Over working aggressively here.
Murphy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Over backwards.
Over throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Over .
A shot in the inside from Murphy.
Murphy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Over swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Over doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Over has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Over .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is struggling to control the position.
Over working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Over .
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Over uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Over throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Over lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Over .
Over misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy blocks a body shot from Over .
Over throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Over misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Murphy.
Murphy pushes Over back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Over lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Over .
Murphy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Over backwards.
Over swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murphy.

Over is rocked!
Murphy misses with some punches.
Murphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oh Over is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Over misses with the head strike.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Over seems to have got his legs back now.
Over lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Over misses with some punches.
Over lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Over .
Over fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Over has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Over working aggressively here.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Joe Murphy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.
Over misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.
Over tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Over tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
Over blocks an uppercut.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Over uses good head movement to avoid it.
Career Over has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Over .

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Career Over .
Well Murphy 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Murphy!
Our winner, Joe Murphy, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, Career Over stepped up to the mic, saying 'fuck you all ass holes'.