PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Greg Fitzgerald (ranked 844 p4p, 2113 weight class) and Liam Murphy (ranked 116 p4p, 267 weight class). Fitzgerald comes to the cage accompanied by It's Bedtime by Ninja Sex Party. Greg Fitzgerald has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Fitzgerald
vs
Murphy

225 cm
31
169
12 - 5 - 0

185 cm
22
165
4 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Greg Fitzgerald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liam Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fitzgerald manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy wants to clinch
and Fitzgerald connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fitzgerald avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fitzgerald stalks Murphy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Murphy's face. Murphy staggers backwards, shaken.

Murphy pushes Fitzgerald up against the cage in a clinch.
Fitzgerald blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fitzgerald misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Fitzgerald.
Murphy prevents a body shot from Fitzgerald.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Fitzgerald fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fitzgerald blocks an uppercut.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Murphy scores with a shot to the side of Fitzgerald's head.
Fitzgerald presses Murphy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fitzgerald lands a body punch in the clinch.
Murphy keeps control of Fitzgerald as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fitzgerald really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzgerald blocking some punches.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Fitzgerald tries to circle away but Murphy has him pinned against the cage.
Murphy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fitzgeralds head.
Murphy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fitzgerald tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
Murphy has Fitzgerald pressed against the cage, preventing Fitzgerald from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fitzgerald.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fitzgerald tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fitzgerald wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.
Fitzgerald blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Fitzgerald can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Fitzgerald tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fitzgerald blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fitzgerald lands a nice uppercut.
Fitzgerald misses with some punches.
Fitzgerald can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Fitzgerald.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Fitzgerald uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fitzgerald pushes Murphy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fitzgerald connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Murphy instigates a clinch.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fitzgerald.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald misses with some punches.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
Fitzgerald blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Murphy.
Fitzgerald blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fitzgerald lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fitzgerald blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fitzgerald blocking some punches.
Fitzgerald goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fitzgerald works on Murphy's body with a couple of short punches.
Fitzgerald tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fitzgerald misses with a punch to the body.
Fitzgerald lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Fitzgerald lands a right hand that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Fitzgerald working hard to break the clinch.
Fitzgerald blocking some punches.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Fitzgerald uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Fitzgerald misses with the head strike.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fitzgerald misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald is trying to force a seperation but Murphy has the dominant position.
Fitzgerald scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Fitzgerald misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murphy.
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Fitzgerald backwards.
Fitzgerald tries to break free but Murphy pushes him back against the cage.
Fitzgerald lands a hook that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fitzgerald blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fitzgerald lands with a left to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Murphy dominated that round.
That's time! Fitzgerald's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A jab from Fitzgerald does it's job there.
Liam Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy is looking to clinch.
We've been told by Fitzgerald's head coaches at Beasties that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Fitzgerald counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fitzgerald lunges at Murphy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Murphy's hand.
Fitzgerald keeps the fight on the outside.
Fitzgerald is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Fitzgerald works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Murphy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fitzgerald swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fitzgerald scores with a hook.

Murphy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fitzgerald blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fitzgerald is looking to break free of the clinch but Murphy has double underhooks.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Fitzgerald.
Liam Murphy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Murphy letting Fitzgerald take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzgerald wants to break free but Murphy has control.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Fitzgerald uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fitzgerald blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fitzgerald lands a shot to the body.
Fitzgerald blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murphy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fitzgerald scores with a shot to the side of Murphy's head.
Murphy lands a right hand.
Fitzgerald throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murphys head.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fitzgerald blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Fitzgerald escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murphy closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Fitzgerald to counter with a crisp jab.

Murphy is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy wants to clinch
and Fitzgerald counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Murphy is still on wobbly legs! Can Fitzgerald finish him?
Fitzgerald lands a brutal uppercut that launches Murphy off his feet! Murphy tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Greg Fitzgerald!
Greg Fitzgerald made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Happy fookin' New Year, Hilo! Good start to the year! I'm coming for that hardware! The Birmingham Orangutan is gonna' be your future champion here! '.