PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Quin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Game of Thrones - The Rains of Castamere. Quin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Captain Jack - Iko Iko. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Matt Quin enters the cage!

Murphy
vs
Quin

150 cm
31
169 lbs
19 - 16 - 1

195 cm
31
190 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Urban Fighter
Voodoo Nutrition

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 19 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Quin!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quin throws a looping overhand right but Murphy ducks down to avoid it.
It looked like Murphy was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Quin.
Murphy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Murphy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Quin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murphy scrambles back to his feet.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Quin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Quin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

It looks like Joe Murphy has been cut.
Quin is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Murphy throws the left hand but Quin avoids the punch easily.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Quin.
Murphy throws a predictable looking body shot
and Quin counters with a stiff right hand.
Quin lands a really nice looking cross but Murphy seems unphased.
Murphy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Quin counters with a stiff right hand.
Murphy misses with an uppercut

and Quin counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Murphy pushes Quin off and gets back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Quin has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Quin sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Quin.
Murphy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Despite the aggression on Quin's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quin was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
Murphy blocks a jab.
Murphy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Quin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Murphy takes a swing at Quin's ribcage but misses.
Quin changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Quin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A little feinted left hand from Murphy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Matt Quin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy looks to throw the jab but Quin is out of range.
Quin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Murphy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Quin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Murphy dips to his left and cracks Quin with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Murphy is looking for a counter combo.
Quin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Quin misses with a wild combination.
Quin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Murphy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Murphy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Quin.
Murphy throws the left hand but Quin avoids the punch easily.
Quin throws a hook but Murphy avoids it easily.
Murphy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Quin.
Sloppy strikes from Quin. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quin.
Quin cracks Murphy with a good jab.
Quin lands with a good body shot.
Murphy throws a good cross that connects.
Sloppy strikes from Quin. Those never looked like landing.
Murphy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Quin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Quin misses with a body shot
and Murphy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Quin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Quin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
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!
A big left from Quin misses.
Quin misses with a double jab
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
Quin looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Murphy slips under a jab from Quin.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quin.
Quin throws an overhand right that lands on Murphy's shoulder, as Murphy tries to avoid the shot.

Quin changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Murphy looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Quin goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Murphy has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Quin but great work by Murphy.

Murphy decides to stand back up.
Quin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Quin checks a low kick from Murphy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Matt Quin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joe Murphy's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Quin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Quin! But no joy.
Quin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Murphy tries to avoid it but Quin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Murphy to the ground. Murphy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Murphy throws a big counter combination but Quin scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Murphy misses the target.
Quin thuds his right hand into Murphy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Quin swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Quin 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.
Quin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Murphy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Matt Quin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quin was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
Quin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Murphy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Matt Quin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murphy lands a nice shot that snaps Quin's head back.

Quin shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Murphy makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Murphy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Joe Murphy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Quin misses with a combination
and Murphy counters with a three punch combo that has Quin backing up. Quin nods at Murphy to acknowledge the strikes.
A combination from Quin does no damage.
Quin moves out of range of the strikes.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy lands a nice hook to Quin's body. Quin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Murphy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy swings for the body but Quin moves out of range.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quin moves away.
Quin throws a right hand that Murphy ducks under and follows up with a left that Murphy also avoids with ease.
Quin swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Quin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
Murphy loads up on a big right hand but Quin slips the punch.
Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Quin moves out of range as Murphy strikes.
Quin avoids the body shot from Murphy.
A clash of legs there as Quin blocks the low kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Quin misses.
Quin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Quin.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quin moves away.
Murphy misses with a double jab
and Quin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Quin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murphy.
Quin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murphy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Murphy lands with a cross.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
A jab lands there for Quin.
Murphy throws a right and a left that Quin avoids nicely.
Quin misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quin fails with the takedown.
It looked like Murphy was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Quin.
Quin throws a combination that misses
and Murphy counters with a stiff right hand.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Quin avoids them all with ease.
Murphy cracks Quin with a right hand to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphy misses with an uppercut.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Quin moved away.
Quin scores with a sloppy right hand. Murphy should have avoided that one.
Quin misses with a takedown
and Murphy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Murphy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joe Murphy's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Murphy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Quin misses with a double jab.
Murphy avoids the body shot from Quin.
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Quin manages to avoid it.
Quin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Quin slips under a jab.
Quin misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Murphy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Murphy throws a shot to the body.
Quin fails to land with a series of punches.
Murphy is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Quin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Quin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Quin fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Quin coming out on top.
A telegraphed right hand from Murphy misses the target.
Murphy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murphy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Quin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Quin.
Murphy takes a swing at Quin's ribcage but misses.
Quin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Quin looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quin throws an off balance right hand
and Murphy counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Quin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Murphy throws a jab when Quin was well out of range.
Quin throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quin fails with the takedown
and Murphy counters with a right hand to the body.
Murphy throws a nice looking combination but Quin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Murphy throws a right and a left that both miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Quin takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Murphy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Quin's sensitive parts.
Quin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murphy is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Murphy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Quin. Quin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a body punch but Quin moves out of range.
Quin misses with an uppercut.

Quin dives in and scores a takedown into Murphy's guard.
Quin slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Quin won't allow Murphy to get back to his feet.
Quin controlling from the top position.
Murphy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Quin on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Quin slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Quin stops Murphy from standing up.
Murphy can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Quin controls the pace.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Quin throws a nice looking combination but Murphy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
It looked like Murphy was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Quin.
Quin misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy looks to land a combination but Quin avoids it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Murphy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Murphy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Murphy!
An out of breath Joe Murphy thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.