PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Celestyn Kluz (ranked 2465 p4p, 4891 weight class) and Manus Murphy (ranked 337 p4p, 548 weight class). Kluz comes to the cage accompanied by Mark Crozer and The Rels - Broken Out In Love. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kluz
vs
Murphy

185 cm
24
205
8 - 6 - 0

195 cm
31
207
15 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Fast

Bondi MMA 🏝️
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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Celestyn Kluz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manus Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy staying out of range there.
Kluz throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kluz throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Murphy lands a two punch combo.
Celestyn Kluz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Murphy.
Kluz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murphy throws out the jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Kluz misses the target.
Murphy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Murphy looks to clinch
and Kluz counters with a straight right hand.
Kluz throws a nice looking combination but Murphy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A little jabbing left from Murphy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Murphy moves into range and clinches up with Kluz.
Murphy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
I was talking to Kluz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kluz is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Murphy's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy tries a body shot but Kluz blocks it.
Murphy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kluz blocks it with crossed arms.
Kluz blocking some punches.
Kluz misses with some punches.
Murphy scores with a knee to the head.
Kluz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kluz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
Kluz throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Kluz.
Kluz lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murphy.
Kluz lands a nice shot to the body.
Murphy drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kluz gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Kluz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
Kluz swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Murphy successfully pulls guard.

Murphy has an active guard here but Kluz has managed to pass into half guard.
Kluz wants to stand up but Murphy manages to regain full guard.
Murphy tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kluz looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Kluz got a little sloppy there for a moment and Murphy has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kluz has managed to get both his arms back between Murphy's legs - danger averted.
Murphy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kluz has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kluz looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Murphy tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kluz trying to stand up but can't free himself from Murphy's guard.

Murphy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kluz can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Murphy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kluz doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kluz manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Kluz trying to control but Murphy is working from the bottom.

Murphy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kluz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Kluz trying to control the position from guard on top but Murphy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kluz is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Murphy keeping moving, preventing Kluz from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Murphy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A jab from Kluz misses.
As Kluz backs off Murphy throws a huge counter combo but Kluz manages to avoid it all.
Murphy fails with an attempt to clinch.

Kluz clinches with his opponent.
Murphy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy looking for a takedown.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Manus Murphy dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Murphy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kluz throws a shot to the body.
Kluz walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Murphy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Murphy goes for a double leg but Kluz avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kluz continues to drive forward.
Kluz throws a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Kluz misses.
Murphy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown but Kluz shows good takedown defense.
Celestyn Kluz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manus Murphy.
Kluz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kluz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kluz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a takedown
and Kluz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice shot by Kluz.
Manus Murphy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kluz lands a slapping body shot.
Murphy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kluz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murphy can do to turn this around?
A combination from Kluz does no damage.
A slow jab from Kluz misses its intended target.
Murphy unleashes a big counter combination but Kluz bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kluz takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kluz swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Kluz smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Murphy is rocked!
Kluz connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Murphy out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Celestyn Kluz!
Manus Murphy spoke after the fight, saying 'WTF??? How did that happen?'.