PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Hartig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buddy Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hartig comes into the arena with Can't be touched blaring out of the sound system. Buddy Murphy will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Hartig
vs
Murphy

186 cm
22
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jesse Hartig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Buddy Murphy!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hartig checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hartig fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hartig takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hartig avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murphy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Hartig counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hartig.
Hartig landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hartig using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hartig is trying to drag Murphy to the mat but Murphy just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hartig.
Murphy looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hartig lands a knee to the body.
Hartig unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Hartig drags the fight down to the ground.

Hartig kicks Murphy off and gets to his feet.

Hartig fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Murphy, pushing him back against the cage.
Hartig lands a knee to the body.
Hartig unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hartig landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartig using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Hartig pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hartig.
Hartig is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Hartig clinches up with Murphy and pushes him back against the cage.
Hartig using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hartig crunches a lovely knee into Murphy's ribcage.

Hartig jumps guard.
Murphy wanted to stand there but Hartig had control of the position.

Hartig pushes Murphy off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Murphy tries to keep at a distance but Hartig has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hartig missing with knees to the body.
Murphy can't break the clinch.
Murphy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hartig misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murphy.
Murphy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Murphy fails to pull guard.
Murphy is trying to break the clinch but Hartig has him pressed against the cage.
Murphy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hartig has him pressed against the cage.
Murphy tries to break the clinch but Hartig is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Murphy can't break the clinch.
Hartig misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murphy.
Hartig missing with knees to the body.
Murphy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hartig has him pressed against the cage.
Murphy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Murphy tries to pull guard but Hartig won't allow it.
Murphy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hartig has him pressed against the cage.
Murphy wants to break free but Hartig has control.
Murphy wants to get back to striking at distance but Hartig won't allow it.
Hartig missing with knees to the body.
Murphy managing to block the knees to the body from Hartig.
Murphy tries to pull guard but Hartig holds him up against the cage and eventually Murphy drops back down to his feet.
Jesse Hartig has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Buddy Murphy.
Murphy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Murphy wants to get back to striking at distance but Hartig won't allow it.
Hartig unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Murphy is trying to break the clinch but Hartig has him pressed against the cage.
Hartig gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Murphy.
Hartig taking a breather.
Murphy is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hartig pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Hartig breaks from the clinch.
Murphy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hartig tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murphy throws a one two combo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murphy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Murphy misses with a double jab.
Murphy misses with a double jab
and Hartig counters with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesse Hartig dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hartig tries to clinch but Murphy is having none of it.
Murphy keeps the fight on the outside.
Hartig cracks the inside of Murphy's front leg.

Hartig has closed the distance and engaged Murphy in a clinch.
Murphy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hartig unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hartig unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Murphy is trying to break free.

Hartig tightens his grip and picks Murphy up, before dumping him to the ground. Murphy manages to land in guard.
Hartig prevents Murphy from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hartig wanted to stand there but Murphy had control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartig prevents Murphy from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Murphy pushes Hartig off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murphy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murphy misses with a series of wild punches.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murphy.
Murphy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hartig takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Murphy scores with a three punch combo!
Murphy looks to land a combination but Hartig avoids it well.
Murphy tries to bum rush Hartig with a series of wild strikes but Hartig uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hartig pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Hartig moves into the clinch.
Hartig using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Murphy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Murphy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hartig tries to land knees in the clinch but Murphy avoids the damage to the body.
Jesse Hartig has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Murphy is looking to break free of the clinch but Hartig has double underhooks.
Hartig misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murphy.
Hartig keeps control of Murphy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Murphy wants to get back to striking at distance but Hartig won't allow it.

Hartig breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murphy digs a good body shot into Hartig's ribs.
Murphy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hartig moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hartig.

Hartig moves into the clinch successfully.
Hartig missing with knees to the body.
Murphy can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesse Hartig dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

A nice combination there by Murphy.
Hartig is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Murphy.
Hartig with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Hartig has Murphy up against the cage in a clinch.

Hartig gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Murphy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Hartig gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Hartig misses
and Murphy counters with a series of strikes. Hartig will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hartig has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Murphy misses with a wild combination.
Murphy lands a really nice looking cross but Hartig seems unphased.
Hartig throws a body kick that misses.
Murphy looks to land a combination but Hartig avoids it well.
Murphy swats away the attempt to clinch by Hartig.
Murphy misses with a double jab
and Hartig counters with a nice kick to the body.
Murphy dodges the punch combination from Hartig.
Murphy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Murphy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Hartig clinches up with Murphy and pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hartig.

Hartig breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A combination from Hartig does no damage.
Murphy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Murphy throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hartig fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hartig takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hartig tries to clinch but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy lands a two punch combo.
Donk. Murphy catches Hartig right on the button with a cross.
Jesse Hartig seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hartig wants to clinch up but Murphy keeps it at a distance.
Hartig throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hartig fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murphy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murphy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murphy moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Murphy scores with a one two! Hartig had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hartig tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murphy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Murphy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartig closes the distance but Murphy moves to the side
and Murphy counters with a series of strikes. Hartig will be more careful next time no doubt.
Murphy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Murphy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Murphy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hartig has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hartig and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Murphy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hartig in his tracks.
Hartig goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hartig showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a wild combination.
Hartig doesn't manage to clinch there - Murphy circles away.
Murphy throws a combination. Hartig tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Hartig clinches up with Murphy and pushes him back against the cage.
Hartig unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Murphy tries to break the clinch but Hartig is controlling the position.
Hartig unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hartig misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murphy.
Knees to the body from Hartig.
Hartig throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Murphy is trying to break the clinch but Hartig has him pressed against the cage.

Murphy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hartig throws the kick towards the body but Murphy avoids it.
Hartig dodges the punch combination from Murphy.
Jesse Hartig is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murphy's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Murphy duly obliges.
A right-left combo lands from Murphy.
Hartig tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murphy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murphy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hartig in his tracks.
A punch combination from Murphy misses.
Some wild striking there from Murphy.
Murphy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Buddy Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jesse Hartig is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Murphy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

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 Jesse Hartig.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hartig, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesse Hartig!