PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Fish (ranked 2582 p4p, 1884 weight class) and Manus Murphy (ranked 341 p4p, 258 weight class). Fish comes to the cage accompanied by Harry Slash And The Slashtones - This Is Extreme. Steve Fish has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fish
vs
Murphy

191 cm
28
205
8 - 7 - 0

195 cm
32
207
17 - 20 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Fast

Conviction

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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Fish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manus Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy avoids the head kick by Fish.
Murphy closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fish throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murphy feints the counter takedown.
Fish stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Fish wants it to stay on the feet.
Murphy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murphy displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Murphy avoids the body shot from Fish.
Murphy looks to land a combination but Fish avoids it well.
Fish misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
We've been hearing reports that Fish has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Fish lands a leg kick that knocks Murphy off balance momentarily.
Fish tries a head kick but it misses.
Fish throws an overhand right that lands on Murphy's shoulder, as Murphy tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A combination from Murphy does no damage.
Murphy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Fish to score with a decent uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fish misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murphy.
Murphy has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Fish rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murphy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fish takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Fish drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Murphy slips under a jab.

Murphy clinches up with Fish and pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fish lands a nice uppercut.
Murphy tries to pull guard but Fish forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fish smiles and moves away.
Steve Fish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manus Murphy.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fish.
A big left from Murphy misses.
Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fish.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fish.
Murphy avoids the body shot from Fish.
Murphy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Fish throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fish looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Murphy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fish counters with a one-two to the body.

Murphy has managed to clinch.
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but Fish avoids the damage to the body.
Murphy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fish has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Murphy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murphy.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Fish throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.

Fish breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fish misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fish looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Murphy is looking for the big counter here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fish misses with a looping left.
Fish misses the shot to the body.
Fish connects with a jab.
Fish stuffs the takedown.
Fish catches Murphy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Murphy throws the kick towards the body but Fish avoids it.
Fish misses with a left hand
and Murphy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Murphy throws a right hand that Fish ducks under and follows up with a left that Fish also avoids with ease.
Murphy throws out a leg kick but Fish moves out of range and Murphy only half commits.
Murphy misses with a hook
and Murphy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Murphy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short right from Murphy on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fish misses with a body punch.

Fish escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murphy shoots in looking for a takedown. Fish tries to sprawl out of it but Murphy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fish manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Fish throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Murphy clinches.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fish lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Fish's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fish lands a leg kick that knocks Murphy off balance momentarily.
A swing and a miss from Fish.

Murphy moves into the clinch successfully.
Fish prevents the takedown attempt.
Fish doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Steve Fish will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

A punch combination from Murphy misses.
A quick step to the side and Fish tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy fails to land the takedown.
Murphy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fish.
Fish looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Murphy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Fish ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murphy misses with a wild combination.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Fish.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murphy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fish slips under a jab.
Murphy moves out of range of the body kick from Fish.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fish throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fish throws a head kick but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Fish.
Murphy moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fish swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Manus Murphy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murphy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fish lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Murphy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fish throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Murphy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fish.
Murphy lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Fish backs up against the cage.
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!
Fish throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fish throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fish keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fish is looking to score with low kicks.
Fish lands the left hand.
Murphy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murphy throws the kick towards the body but Fish avoids it.
The fighters circle, before Fish throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Murphy's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Fish lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Steve Fish!
Steve Fish decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Manus Murphy stepped up to the mic, saying 'WTF??? How did that happen?'.