PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksei Ljosha Putin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Putin comes to the cage accompanied by INTERNATIONALE. The crowd seem to be enjoying Murphy's choice of entrance music: The Warrior's Code. Tyler Murphy is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Ljosha Putin
vs
Murphy

187 cm
22
219 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
210 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aleksei Ljosha Putin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyler Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy cracks Putin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Murphy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Putin scores with a jab to the body.
Putin thows a leg kick but Murphy checks it

and Murphy counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Murphy slows the pace down in half guard.
Murphy winds up and cracks Putin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Murphy throwing shots but Putin is blocking nicely.
Murphy wants to control but Putin is keeping him busy.
Murphy working over Putin with some ground and pound. Putin looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Murphy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Murphy winds up and cracks Putin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Putin keeps working.
Murphy with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Murphy moves into full mount! Putin won't be happy about that!
Putin is trying desperately to improve position.
Murphy has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Putin's face.
Murphy looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Putin is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a head shot.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murphy misses with a head shot.
Putin tries to lock up and control but Murphy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Putin is bucking up trying to escape but Murphy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Putin is wriggling around trying to escape.
Murphy putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Putin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Murphy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Putin is looking to escape.
Putin is trying to escape the mount.
Murphy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Putin is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Putin haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Murphy controlling the position easily from mount.
Putin wants to hold on but Murphy pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy wants to control the pace but Putin is squirming around nicely.
Putin is working to get back to half guard.
Putin tries to lock up and control but Murphy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Murphy is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Putin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Murphy raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy breaks from Putin's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murphy tries to control but Putin wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Murphy dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Putin scores with a nice body kick.
Putin thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice jab there from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a body shot
and Putin counters with a nice leg kick.
Murphy looks to throw the jab but Putin is out of range.
Putin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Murphy is out of range and Putin settles back down.
Putin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Putin sprawls well. Putin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Murphy gets slowly back to his feet.
Putin misses with a leg kick

and Murphy counters with a takedown into side control.
Putin tries to bench press Murphy off him but Murphy keeps the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Putin has hold of Murphy's hands but Murphy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Murphy passes to full mount!
Putin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The referee warns Putin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Putin is looking to get to half guard.
Murphy looking to finish Putin with some ground and pound. This is bad for Putin!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy is stalling here but it's allowed Putin to get half guard.
Putin trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Murphy is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Murphy connects with a nice short shot to Putin's temple.
Putin is not content to let Murphy control the position.
Murphy passes the guard and advances to mount!
Putin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Murphy landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Putin working to try and regain half guard.
Murphy breaks from Putin's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Putin wants to control but Murphy is having none of it.
Murphy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murphy prevents Putin from getting the reversal.
Murphy working Putin over with strikes here.

Putin is rocked!
Putin is desperately trying to improve his position but Murphy has a good base and remains in mount.
Oh Putin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Murphy unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Putin wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Murphy celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyler Murphy!
An out of breath Tyler Murphy thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Aleksei Ljosha Putin was interviewed post fight and said 'I am proud communist.'.