PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ernst Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedric Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young comes to the cage accompanied by Eye Of The Tiger. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Young
vs
Murphy

195 cm
36
215 lbs
22 - 7 - 1

190 cm
34
215 lbs
31 - 18 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 22 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ernst Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Cedric Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy tries to clinch but Young moves away
and Young counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Young throws a nice outside leg kick.
Young misses with an uppercut.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murphy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Young looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Young takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murphy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Murphy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Murphy.
Murphy jabs Young right on the nose. Young blinks but takes it well.
Young tries to land a leg kick but Murphy saw it coming and moves away.
A good leg kick by Murphy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ernst Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Young is looking to slow Murphy down with leg kicks.
Murphy scores with a decent looking hook.
A swing and a miss from Murphy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Young checks a leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Young.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.
Young scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Murphy throws a good cross that connects.
Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murphy drops his hands momentarily and Young takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Murphy throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Young.
Young throws a leg kick which misses Murphy's front leg but catches the back leg as Murphy tries to avoid it.
Murphy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murphy misses with an uppercut.
Murphy scores with a leg kick.
Young misses with a hook.
Murphy feints and then cracks Young's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Young down.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murphy.
Young is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Murphy doesn't manage to clinch there - Young circles away.
Young misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Young throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Decent striking displayed by Murphy there.
Young feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Murphys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Young throws the left hand but Murphy avoids the punch easily.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Young on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Murphy.
Young throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy motions for Young to come forward. Murphy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Young sizes up Murphy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Young throws a hook but Murphy blocks it.
A big left from Young misses.
Young scores with a leg kick.
Young lands with a straight right. Murphy didn't see that one coming.
Young moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Murphy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Young takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Young is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Young attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Murphy counters with a body kick.
Young does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Murphy! But no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy loads up on a big right hand but Young slips the punch.
Murphy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Young lands with an uppercut that bounces Murphy off the cage and back into range.
Young misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Murphy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murphy lands a nice shot that snaps Young's head back.
Young cracks Murphy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Young misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Young misses the jab.
Murphy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Young throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
Young is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murphy.
Young throws a low kick but Murphy avoids it.
Young jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernst Young dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Young.

It looks like Cedric Murphy has been cut.
Young throws a shot from downtown. Murphy moves away and avoids it.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
Murphy walks into a straight right hand from Young.
A slapping leg kick lands for Young.
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.
A jab from Murphy misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Murphy might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Young has got the better of the exchanges.
Young blocks a low kick nicely.
Murphy tries to move into range but Young moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Young wants to slow Murphy down by chopping away at his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murphy misses with a looping right.
Murphy throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murphy can do to turn this around?
Young catches Murphy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ernst Young is winning the standup battle so far.
Young throws a lazy uppercut
letting Murphy counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young cracks Murphy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Murphy is looking to clinch.
Young throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Young bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
Young throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Young looks to land a left hand but Murphy moved out of range nicely.
Murphy lands with a hook. Young tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
Young throws a hook but Murphy blocks it.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
Young misses with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Young thinking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy misses with a jab to the body
and Young counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young throws a low kick but Murphy avoids it.
Murphy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Good shot there by Young.
Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Young throws a quick inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Young. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circling - Young throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murphy throws out a counter right but Young avoids it with no problem.
Murphy drops his hands momentarily and Young takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Murphy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Young does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Murphy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Young with a body shot.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Young.
Young clobbers Murphy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Murphy looks to land a right hand but Young moved out of range.
Young swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Murphy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
Murphy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Young looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.
Murphy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Young with a body shot.
Young bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Young.
Murphy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Young.
Young misses with a right hand
and Murphy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Young throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Young with a hook.
Young connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Young takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Young throws a series of punches but Murphy avoids them all with ease.
Murphy looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young moves out of range as Murphy strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Young misses the shot to the body.
Murphy looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murphy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Murphy lands a nice looking body shot.
Young staying out of range there.
Murphy connects with a body shot.
Murphy tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Murphy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Young misses with a lunging right hand
and Murphy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Young lands with a cross.
A jab from Young does it's job there.
Young throws a hook but Murphy avoids it easily.
Young walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernst Young dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cedric 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. This is the final round!

Murphy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
Young fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Murphy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The fighters circling - Young throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Young swings widly with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a good low kick that Young was not able to check.
Young thows a left - swing and a miss!
Young throws a hook but Murphy blocks it.
Young throws a low kick, looking for Murphy's leg but Murphy calmly moves out of range.
Murphy swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Murphy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young with a nice cross.
Young misses with a two punch combination.
Murphy lands with a cross.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
Young moves out of range as Murphy strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Young misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Young connects with a solid leg kick.
Murphy thuds a left hand into Young's body.
Murphy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Murphy slips under a jab from Young.
Young connects with a looping right hand.
Young misses with a straight right.
Murphy misses with a looping left.
Young is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Young pivots, looking for a leg kick but Murphy is out of range and Young settles back down.
Young scores with a shot to the body.
Murphy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murphy lands with a good body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young cracks Murphy with an open hand slap.
Nice defenses there by Young.
Young throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murphy tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Young takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Murphy throws a lazy right hand but Young sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murphy tests Young's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Murphy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Young throws a body shot but no joy.
Young misses with the combination.
Murphy scores with a sloppy right hand. Young should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Young takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murphy cracks Young with a good jab.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Young.
Young throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young misses with a straight left.
Young throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murphy staying out of range there.

Murphy clinches.
Murphy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
A short body shot lands from Young as the two fighters clinch.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy prevents a body shot from Young.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Murphy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murphy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Young connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murphy scrambles back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Murphy, as that shot connected.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Young.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy throws a chopping leg kick but Young manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Young looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Murphy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Murphy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Young, pushing him back against the cage.
Young prevents a body shot from Murphy.
Young throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Young misses with the head strike.
Young scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murphy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murphy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Cedric Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Young tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Cedric Murphy.
I think Young has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernst Young!
Ernst Young seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Cedric Murphy was interviewed post fight and said 'fuck off... i am the best. next time i will kick his head off..'.