PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Castle (ranked 4187 p4p, 6664 weight class) and Sean Murphy (ranked 533 p4p, 724 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Castle
vs
Murphy

180 cm
25
180
1 - 2 - 0

187 cm
25
194
0 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Frank Castle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sean Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castle lands a nice hook to Murphy's body. Murphy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Murphy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Murphy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Castle throws out the jab.
Castle slips under a jab from Murphy.
Murphy throws out a loose jab but Castle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Castle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Castle.
Murphy only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Castle just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Castle connects with a body shot that sends Murphy's belly button to the back.
Castle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Castle.
Murphy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Murphy slips a jab from Castle.
Castle misses with a hook.
Murphy throws a nice looking combination but Castle bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Castle throwing a counter right hand but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Murphy connects with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Castle jabs Murphy right on the nose. Murphy blinks but takes it well.
Castle works Murphy's body with a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Castle. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Castle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castle throws a lazy right hand but Murphy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Castle instigates a clinch.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Murphy avoiding damage as Castle throws knees to the body.
Castle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Castle looking to throw knees to the head but Murphy is blocking nicely.
Castle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murphy avoids it.
Castle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Castle gets through Murphy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Castle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castle tries a knee to the head but Murphy blocks it.
Castle lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Castle scores with a nice short uppercut.
Castle stalling the fight.
Murphy lands with a left to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees in the clinch landing for Castle.
A left hand lands to the body for Castle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Castle.
Knees to the body from Castle.
Murphy looks winded!
Murphy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Castle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murphy.
Murphy letting Castle take a breather here.
Castle connects with a nasty looking knee right to Murphy's face.
Castle unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Castle lands a right hand.
Castle looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Castle scores with a knee to the head.

Murphy is rocked!
Castle creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Murphy with a big uppercut! Murphy tries to clinch up but Castle pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Murphy to the mat! Murphy covers up and Castle unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Frank Castle!