PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo P Cruz (ranked 3322 p4p, 5296 weight class) and Manus Murphy (ranked 429 p4p, 574 weight class). Manus Murphy is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

P Cruz
vs
Murphy

193 cm
30
225
10 - 9 - 0

195 cm
31
207
15 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Fast

Sakura Style

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 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo P Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manus Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
P Cruz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murphy circles away quickly and effectively.
P Cruz slips a jab and a cross from Murphy.
Murphy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Murphy lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as P Cruz backs up against the cage.
P Cruz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Murphy counters with a stiff right hand.
P Cruz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Murphy slips under a jab from P Cruz.
Sloppy strikes from P Cruz. Those never looked like landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around P Cruz's waist but P Cruz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Murphy off to one side.
P Cruz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Murphy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
No joy there for Murphy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Murphy scores with a jab. P Cruz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ricardo P Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
P Cruz throws a front kick that sends Murphy stumbling back into the cage.
A big right from P Cruz misses.
Murphy steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from P Cruz.
P Cruz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Murphy throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around P Cruz's waist but P Cruz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Murphy off to one side.
P Cruz throws a lazy head kick
and Murphy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murphy slips a straight right by P Cruz.
Murphy misses with a double jab.
Murphy misses with the combination.
P Cruz misses with a kick to the body
and Murphy counters with a left and a right that stings P Cruz.

P Cruz is rocked!
Murphy drops P Cruz with a naaaaasty hook - P Cruz is in real trouble here! Murphy dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manus Murphy!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Manus Murphy made sure he mentioned Sakura Style, along with how happy he was to win his fight.