PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ibo Dalamekov (ranked 3592 p4p, 388 weight class) and Shane Murphy (ranked 3445 p4p, 375 weight class). Dalamekov comes to the cage accompanied by Chechen Mob Song. Shane Murphy has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Dalamekov
vs
Murphy

167 cm
20
190 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
28
190 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

King Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ibo Dalamekov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shane Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Murphy gets caught flat footed, as Dalamekov shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Murphy is trying to keep Dalamekov in close.
Dalamekov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murphy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Murphy working for a triangle but Dalamekov defends it easily.
Dalamekov wants to control from the top but Murphy keeps moving.
Dalamekov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy has momentary wrist control but Dalamekov slips an elbow through the middle.
Dalamekov has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dalamekov chips away with some ground and pound.
Dalamekov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalamekov landing with the ground and pound.
Dalamekov stands up over Murphy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dalamekov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Murphy's head.
Dalamekov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dalamekov throwing strikes but missing.
Murphy trying to control the position.
Dalamekov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Murphy's head.
Dalamekov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Murphy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Murphy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dalamekov is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dalamekov lands a couple of elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dalamekov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dalamekov cracks Murphy with a solid left hand.
Dalamekov stands up over Murphy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Murphy manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dalamekov manages to get himself to full guard.

Murphy is fighting to break Dalamekov's control of his arms but Dalamekov is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Dalamekov keeping moving, preventing Murphy from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dalamekov scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Murphy wants to clinch.

Dalamekov looking to score a takedown here. Murphy is defending well but Dalamekov drives through and ends up in Murphy's guard.

Murphy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dalamekov doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dalamekov manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dalamekov throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dalamekov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dalamekov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Murphy wants to get back to his feet but Dalamekov is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dalamekov stands up over Murphy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dalamekov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Murphy's head.
Dalamekov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dalamekov preventing the sweep.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dalamekov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dalamekov works over Murphy with some ground and pound from guard.
Murphy keeping moving, preventing Dalamekov from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ibo Dalamekov dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dalamekov lands a head shot.

Dalamekov throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Murphy was covering up waiting for the punch and Dalamekov finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Dalamekov postures up in Murphy's guard and throws a big left but Murphy blocks it.
Dalamekov might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dalamekov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Murphy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ibo Dalamekov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Murphy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dalamekov stands up over Murphy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dalamekov tries to free his leg and advance position but Murphy is retaining full guard.
Murphy wants to sweep here but Dalamekov controlling him for the moment.
Dalamekov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Murphy wants to sweep but no luck.
Dalamekov postures up and lands a big shot to Murphy's brow.
Dalamekov lands a couple of elbows.
Dalamekov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Murphy's head.
Murphy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dalamekov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dalamekov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dalamekov postures up and lands a big shot to Murphy's brow.
Dalamekov stopping the sweep attempt from Murphy.
Murphy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Murphy is working for a kimura but Dalamekov is defending it quite comfortably.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dalamekov is controlling Murphy's trapped leg to prevent Murphy from advancing to side control.
Murphy wants to free his trapped foot but Dalamekov is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Murphy is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Dalamekov throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Dalamekov is looking for a sweep. Murphy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalamekov is doing well to control the position and prevent Murphy from advancing to side control.

Murphy is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dalamekov sees it coming and defends easily.
Dalamekov keeping control of the position.
Dalamekov on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dalamekov tries to get out of the position.

Dalamekov looking for submissions off his back.
Dalamekov wants to get back to his feet.
Dalamekov is staying active underneath Murphy, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

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.
Murphy is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Dalamekov is adopting a defensive guard.
Dalamekov keeping moving, preventing Murphy from controlling successfully.
Dalamekov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murphy can do to turn this around?
Murphy forces his way into half guard.
Murphy is trying to control. Dalamekov wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Murphy has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Murphy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dalamekov is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ibo Dalamekov dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Dalamekov fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Murphy sprawls well initially but Dalamekov persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Murphy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dalamekov.
Dalamekov is nestled in close to Murphy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Dalamekov working the head and body with strikes.
Dalamekov working the head and body with strikes.
Dalamekov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dalamekov wants to free his trapped foot but Murphy is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Dalamekov is nestled in close to Murphy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ground and pound from Dalamekov.
Dalamekov lands with a punch from half guard.
Murphy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dalamekov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalamekov landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dalamekov slips a nice elbow through Murphy's hands, connecting with Murphy's forehead.
Murphy wants to get back to full guard.
Dalamekov thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dalamekov lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dalamekov scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Murphy has hold of Dalamekov's hands but Dalamekov slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dalamekov is nestled in close to Murphy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Dalamekov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Murphy keeps working.
Murphy felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is trying to stand.
Dalamekov with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Dalamekov winds up and cracks Murphy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Murphy makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Murphy.
Dalamekov throws a big right hand that misses.

Murphy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dalamekov defends well.
Dalamekov stands up over Murphy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalamekov postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dalamekov looking to pass the guard.
Murphy is trying to control the position but Dalamekov postures up.
Dalamekov tries to free his leg and advance position but Murphy is retaining full guard.
Murphy wants to stand up but Dalamekov is controlling him.
Dalamekov is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dalamekov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dalamekov cracks Murphy with a solid left hand.
Murphy has momentary wrist control but Dalamekov slips an elbow through the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dalamekov lands a couple of elbows.
Dalamekov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dalamekov stopping the sweep attempt from Murphy.
Dalamekov won't allow Murphy to get back to his feet.
Dalamekov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dalamekov is in close to Murphy's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Murphy wants to stand but Dalamekov is controlling the position.
Dalamekov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ibo Dalamekov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dalamekov looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ibo Dalamekov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dalamekov has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ibo Dalamekov!