PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mick Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mick Murphy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Murphy
vs
Brown

193 cm
19
183 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mick Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charlie Brown!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy lands the left hand.

It looks like Charlie Brown has been cut.
Brown moves away from the strike by Murphy.
A nice side step and Brown releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Brown lands a nice hook to Murphy's body. Murphy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A big right from Murphy misses.
Good exchange - Murphy coming out on top.
Brown ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brown throws out a counter right but Murphy avoids it with no problem.
Danga de danga de dang - Brown scores with a four punch combination!
Murphy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Brown looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.

Brown gets in close and instigates a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
Murphy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brown is keeping busy.
Murphy lands a nice uppercut.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Murphy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Murphy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Brown as Murphy tries to tie him up.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
I was talking to Murphy's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Brown misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brown.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Brown blocks an uppercut.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.
Murphy tries a body shot but Brown blocks it.
Murphy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murphy tries a body shot but Brown blocks it.
Murphy lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Brown lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Brown blocking some punches.
Murphy pushes Brown back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Brown blocking some punches.
Brown working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown lands with a short shot to the head.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
Brown digs a right hand into Murphy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Murphy's gas tank.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy misses with a body punch.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Brown lands a nice uppercut.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brown's elbow.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown misses with some punches.
Murphy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Brown avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Murphy gets through Brown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Murphy misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Brown.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.

Brown is rocked!
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Murphy lands a body shot.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
Murphy lands a right hand.
Brown is still on wobbly legs! Can Murphy finish him?

That has opened up Charlie Brown's cut even more.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown seems to have recovered his senses.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Murphy tries to keep at a distance but Brown has taken the fight into the clinch.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brown can do to turn this around?
A short right from Brown.
Murphy lands a right hand.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Brown controls the action.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brown's elbow.
Brown misses with the head strike.
Murphy lands with a left to the head.
Brown lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Brown blocks an uppercut.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
A right hand to the body from Murphy.
A shot in the inside from Brown.
Murphy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Brown tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Murphy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Murphy lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murphy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
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!
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Murphy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brown misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy working aggressively here.
A short right from Murphy.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy working hard to break the clinch.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brown lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands an uppercut.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Brown with a big uppercut! Brown tries to clinch up but Murphy pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Brown to the mat! Brown covers up and Murphy unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mick Murphy!
Mick Murphy decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.