PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (ranked 2936 p4p, 2503 weight class) and Manus Murphy (ranked 371 p4p, 319 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vaziri
vs
Murphy

188 cm
19
205
3 - 1 - 0

195 cm
19
207
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Experienced

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manus Murphy!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Murphy moves into range and clinches up with Vaziri.

Murphy has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Vaziri uses from the top position.
Vaziri pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Murphy is keeping the position for now.
Murphy controlling the position.
Vaziri trying to control the position from guard on top but Murphy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vaziri looking to pass the guard.
Murphy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Vaziri is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Vaziri is one step ahead there.

Vaziri content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Murphy has locked up a guillotine! Murphy's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Vaziri is holding on here and Murphy must be using up a lot of energy. Vaziri has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Murphy gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Manus Murphy!
Manus 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.