PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Danny Murphy (ranked 5178 p4p, 3884 weight class) and Karl Schwarzschild (ranked 612 p4p, 505 weight class). Karl Schwarzschild will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Murphy
vs
Schwarzschild

187 cm
25
170
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
192
2 - 0 - 0

Decent elbows
Big right hand

Great elbows
Heavy handed

Battle Hecs

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Danny Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Karl Schwarzschild!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Murphy misses.
Schwarzschild throws a low kick but it's checked well by Murphy.
Murphy misses with a combination

and Schwarzschild moves into the clinch.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schwarzschild's elbow.
Murphy struggles to land a body shot inside as Schwarzschild controls his hands.
Murphy blocks an elbow strike from Schwarzschild.
Murphy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Murphy is working Schwarzschild over against the ropes.
Schwarzschild avoids a wild elbow strike from Murphy.
Schwarzschild lands a shoulder strike.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schwarzschild takes an elbow to the forehead.
Schwarzschild has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Murphy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murphy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Murphy.
Schwarzschild lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schwarzschild.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Murphy.
Schwarzschild avoids the elbow strike from Murphy, against the ropes.
Murphy lands a nice elbow.
Schwarzschild comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Schwarzschild blocks the elbow strike.
Schwarzschild blocks the elbow strike.
Murphy misses with a punch to the body.
Schwarzschild stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Schwarzschild prevents a body shot from Murphy.
Schwarzschild lands a nice elbow.
Murphy misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Schwarzschild fails to land.
Schwarzschild avoids the elbow strike from Murphy, against the ropes.
Schwarzschild lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Danny Murphy has been cut.
Schwarzschild lands a hook that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
A body shot lands from Schwarzschild.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murphy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schwarzschild lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws an elbow that misses.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schwarzschild looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Schwarzschild misses with a punch on the inside.
Schwarzschild misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schwarzschild's elbow.
Murphy avoids the elbow strike from Schwarzschild, against the ropes.
Schwarzschild misses with an elbow over the top.
Schwarzschild blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy blocks a body shot from Schwarzschild.
Murphy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Schwarzschild looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Schwarzschild avoids a wild elbow strike from Murphy.
Schwarzschild has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Murphy lands a nice elbow.
Schwarzschild lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Schwarzschild throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Schwarzschild avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Karl Schwarzschild will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Danny Murphy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Schwarzschild moves into the clinch.
Murphy struggles to land a body shot inside as Schwarzschild controls his hands.
Murphy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Schwarzschild comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Murphy misses with an elbow strike.
Murphy keeps control of Schwarzschild as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Schwarzschild has had enough of the clinch but Murphy keeps him there for the moment.
Schwarzschild misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schwarzschild comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Murphy misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Schwarzschild escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murphy lands with a kick to the temple. Schwarzschild shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Schwarzschild moves out of range of the body kick.
Schwarzschild wants to counter with a clinch but Murphy pushes him away.
Murphy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy takes a swing at Schwarzschild's ribcage but misses.
Murphy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Murphy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Murphy is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Murphy misses with a shot to the body

and Schwarzschild counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Schwarzschild.
Oh Murphy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Schwarzschild backwards.
Schwarzschild is holding Murphy round the back of the neck and unloading with elbows! Boom, boom, boom! 3 big elbows land right to the bridge of the nose and Murphy goes down! Oh, his nose is a mess! I'm not sure he's going to beat the count... 4,5,6,7,8,9,10. He's done! Schwarzschild takes it and Murphy is going to the hospital to get that nose checked out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Karl Schwarzschild!
Our winner, Karl Schwarzschild, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.