PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gregory House (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

House
vs
Murphy

225 cm
23
207 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
18
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gregory House!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Connor Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy slips a straight right by House.
House keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
House throws a hook but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy throws a right and a left that House avoids nicely.
House misses with a body shot.
House throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Murphy duly obliges.
Murphy thows a left - swing and a miss!
House throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from House misses the target.
A jab from House misses.
House throws a jab but it's blocked by Murphy.
Murphy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Murphy misses with a double jab.
House throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but House was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
House throws a lazy right hand but Murphy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murphy fails to land with a series of punches.
House fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
House takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murphy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice defenses there by Murphy.
Murphy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
House takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Murphy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Murphy throws a jab when House was well out of range.
Murphy throws a lazy right hand but House sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murphy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but House circles away quickly and effectively.
House ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Murphy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murphy looks to land a right hand but House moved out of range.
House keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Murphy fails to land with a series of punches.
Murphy is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
House pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
House is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gregory House seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donk. House catches Murphy right on the button with a cross.
House takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
House is breathing heavily.
Murphy slips under a jab from House.
House slips under a jab.
House thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but House was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
House moves out of range of the strikes.
Murphy scores with a three punch combo!
House moves away from the strike by Murphy.
A combination from Murphy does no damage.
House defending well as Murphy loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
House throws a looping overhand right but Murphy ducks down to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Murphy.
House lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murphy circles away quickly and effectively.
Murphy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murphy throws a looping overhand right but House ducks down to avoid it.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murphy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
House ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
House avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murphy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murphy misses with the combination.
Murphy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but House is just out of range.
House moves out of range as Murphy strikes.
Murphy tries to bum rush House with a series of wild strikes but House uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
House uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Murphy looks to land a combination but House avoids it well.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy thows a left - swing and a miss!
House dodges the punch combination from Murphy.
House blocks a jab.
Murphy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
House misses with a body kick.
A shot to de liver by Murphy. Beautiful body shot.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. House was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy works over House's head and body with a nice combination.
Murphy misses with a wild combination.
House displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murphy throws out the jab.
Nice defenses there by House.
House really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Murphy throws a hook to the side of House's head but House sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
House ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Murphy tests House's chin there with a solid looking shot.
House moves away from the strike by Murphy.
House takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Murphy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but House moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
House ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
A big right from Murphy misses.
A jab from Murphy misses.
Murphy throws out a loose jab but House uses good head movement to avoid it.
House moves away from the strike by Murphy.
House uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
House slips a jab and a cross from Murphy.
Murphy looks to land a right hand but House moved out of range.
Murphy lands a jab.
A slow jab from House misses its intended target.
A big left from Murphy misses.
House uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
A telegraphed right hand from Murphy misses the target.
House slips a straight right by Murphy.
Murphy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
House steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murphy moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

House is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
House ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Oh House is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
House seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Murphy shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! House is backing up but Murphy catches him with a final right hook that drops him! House covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Murphy Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Connor Murphy!