PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tobias Murphy (ranked 339 p4p, 677 weight class) and Masa Sanada (ranked 53 p4p, 101 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murphy
vs
Sanada

179 cm
37
170
27 - 17 - 3

180 cm
38
174
36 - 17 - 4

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tobias Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 17 - 4, fighting out of London, Masa Sanada!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy lands a nice hook to Sanada's body. Sanada takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A low kick lands for Murphy.
Murphy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Murphy with a nice cross.
Murphy staying out of range there.
Sanada has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murphy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanada. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy scores with a sloppy right hand. Sanada should have avoided that one.
Sanada closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sanada checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Murphy lands a glancing blow to the side of Sanada's head.
Murphy scores with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanada lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Murphy at a distance.
Murphy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Murphy.
Sanada avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Murphy connects with a body shot that sends Sanada's belly button to the back.
Murphy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Murphy tries a low kick but Sanada avoids it.
Sanada uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy lands the left hand.
Sanada throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murphy defending well as Sanada loads up on a big left hand.
Sanada lands a glancing blow to the side of Murphy's head.
Murphy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sanada has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sanada walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sanada paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sanada throws a combination. Murphy tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sanada misses with a left hand
and Murphy counters with a good low kick that Sanada was not able to check.
Good exchange - Murphy coming out on top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Murphy.
Sanada slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sanada misses with a hook.
That kick from Murphy tenderised Sanada's leg. Sanada is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sanada throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sanada in his tracks.
Murphy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanada.
Murphy scores with a nice body kick.
Sanada swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Murphy.
Tobias Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Murphy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanada takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sanada misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Sanada uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murphy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murphy.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanada gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sanada misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Murphy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sanada throws a right hand that misses
and Murphy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sanada misses with an uppercut.
Sanada throws a series of punches but Murphy avoids them all with ease.
Sanada lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Murphy is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Murphy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Good exchange - Sanada coming out on top.
Murphy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sanada is able to avoid easily.
Sanada looks to land a left hand but Murphy moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanada. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy lands a nice looking body shot.
Sanada throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Sanada.
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
Murphy throws a chopping leg kick but Sanada manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sanada looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Sanada listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Murphy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sanada doesn't seem bothered though.
Sanada lands a nice looking body shot.
Sanada bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Murphy's head.

Murphy is rocked!
The fighters circling - Sanada throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murphy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Sanada blocks a jab.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Sanada moved away.
Sanada appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sanada might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sanada looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Sanada.
Sanada drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanada misses with an uppercut.
Murphy feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Murphy lands a nice shot that snaps Sanada's head back.
Murphy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murphy. That's going to slow Sanada down.
Sanada misses with a straight right.
Murphy half committed to a counter leg kick.
Murphy lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Murphy works the jab nicely.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Sanada.
Murphy throws a low kick but Sanada avoids it.
Murphy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Murphy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sanada has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Murphy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Sanada blocks the leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murphy slips a jab from Sanada.
Sanada scores with a punch to the head.
Good leg kick by Murphy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Sanada does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanada throws a lazy uppercut
and Murphy counters with a good low kick that Sanada was not able to check.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tobias Murphy dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A slow jab from Sanada misses its intended target.
Murphy looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Tobias Murphy is winning the standup battle so far.
Murphy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sanada has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murphy.
Murphy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sanada at a distance.
Sanada throws a hook but Murphy avoids it easily.
Murphy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanada can do to turn this around?
Sanada misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy lands with a cross.
Murphy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sanada gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sanada on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murphy. Murphy obviously looking to wear him down.
Sanada takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sanada takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanada misses with a hook.
Sanada misses with a hook.
Sanada throws a hook but Murphy avoids it easily.
Murphy feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Sanada swings widly with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sanada's knee momentarily.
Sanada throws the left hand but Murphy avoids the punch easily.
Murphy misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Murphy.
It looked like Murphy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sanada looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Sanada.
Sanada missing with a left hand there. Murphy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sanada looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sanada missing with a left hand there. Murphy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murphy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanada throws a looping overhand right but Murphy ducks down to avoid it.
Sanada blocks a jab.
Sanada tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanada.
Sanada misses with a hook.
Sanada checks a leg kick.
Sanada avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Murphy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sanada stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanada misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Sanada swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Murphy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sanada has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sanada misses the shot to the body.
Sanada misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Sanada cracks Murphy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Sanada might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Murphy has got the better of the exchanges.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Murphy lands with a cross.
Murphy throws an off balance right hand
and Sanada connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good leg kick by Murphy.
Murphy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanada throws out the jab.
Sanada moves forwards but Murphy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Murphy tries to work over Sanada's front leg with a kick but Sanada checks it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murphy.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Sanada.
Sanada's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sanada chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murphy can pounce on him.
Murphy with the inside leg kick.
Sanada fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Sanada.
Good shot there by Sanada.
Sanada swings widly with a right hand
enabling Murphy to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy with the inside leg kick.
Sanada looks to land a left hand but Murphy moved out of range nicely.
Sanada checks a leg kick.
Sanada let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sanada shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sanada lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sanada slips a jab and a cross from Murphy.
Sanada takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Murphy lands a leg kick that knocks Sanada off balance momentarily.
Sanada ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanada loads up on a big right hand but Murphy slips the punch.
Murphy swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The crowd cheers as Murphy lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sanada doesn't seem phased though.
Murphy throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanada.
Sanada ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanada now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sanada moves away from the strike by Murphy.
Sanada misses with a looping left.
Sanada needs to keep his hands up - Murphy had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanada darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sanada checks a leg kick.
Murphy walks into a stiff left hand from Sanada.
Sanada throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Murphy lands a leg kick that knocks Sanada off balance momentarily.
Murphy cracks Sanada with a good jab.
Sanada takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Sanada jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murphy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sanada walks into a straight right hand from Murphy.
Sanada moves out of range of the leg kick from Murphy.
Sanada walks into a straight right hand from Murphy.
Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphy half committed to a counter leg kick.
Murphy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Murphy scores with a decent looking hook.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanada.
Murphy connects with a solid leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tobias Murphy dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Murphy misses with a body shot.
Murphy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanada.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Sanada thows a left - swing and a miss!
A quick step to the side and Murphy tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanada missing with a left hand there. Murphy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanada connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Murphy's hands.
Murphy looks to land a left hand but Sanada moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Sanada.
Murphy connects with a leg kick.
A big right from Sanada misses.
Murphy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sanada on the side of the head.
Sanada takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy staying out of range there.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanada sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sanada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sanada checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Murphy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sanada's sensitive parts.
Murphy slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy connects with a body shot.
Sanada swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Sanada misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Murphy swings for the body but Sanada moves out of range.
Murphy lands with an uppercut that bounces Sanada off the cage and back into range.
Murphy lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sanada takes a step back to recover.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murphy. That's going to slow Sanada down.
Sanada misses with a body shot.
Sanada looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Sanada avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Sanada looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fighters circling - Murphy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sanada throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murphy.
The fighters circling - Sanada throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murphy misses with a looping left.
Sanada takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Murphy slips a jab from Sanada.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Murphy tenderised Sanada's leg. Sanada is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanada.
Murphy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanada.
A punch lands to the side of Murphy 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sanada swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murphy lands with a cross.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Sanada checks it.
Murphy catches Sanada with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sanada has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Murphy finds it's way round the side to connect with Sanada's head.
Murphy moves out of range of the strikes.
Murphy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sanada's head backwards.
Sanada fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murphy jabs at Sanada's body.
Murphy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sanada. That did some damage!
Good leg kick by Murphy.
Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanada.
Sanada takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Sanada lands a nice shot to the body.
Masa Sanada has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sanada misses the jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murphy. That's going to slow Sanada down.
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanada.
Sanada works the jab nicely.
Sanada misses with a straight right.
A jab lands there for Murphy.
Murphy lands a nice hook to Sanada's body. Sanada takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sanada throws a big shot that misses.
Sanada on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murphy. Murphy obviously looking to wear him down.
Murphy jabs Sanada to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sanada swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, jab by Murphy - just one landing.
Murphy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tobias Murphy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanada with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Murphy to score with a decent uppercut.
Murphy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sanada doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sanada throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murphy slips under a jab from Sanada.
Sanada swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murphy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanada.
Murphy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sanada looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab from Murphy finds it's way through Sanada's defenses.
Sanada throws a big shot that misses.
Murphy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice defenses there by Murphy.
Murphy defending well as Sanada loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanada works Murphy's body with a nice hook.
Sanada throws a poor cross that misses
and Murphy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Good exchange - Murphy coming out on top.
Sanada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tobias Murphy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Murphy 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tobias Murphy!
A victorious Tobias Murphy thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.