PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lucia Del Paco (ranked 3111 p4p, 4338 weight class) and Matt Murdok (ranked 389 p4p, 504 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Del Paco
vs
Murdok

187 cm
25
178
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
26
180
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lucia Del Paco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Murdok!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Eddie Farnsworth and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Del Paco tries to close the distance and clinch but Murdok swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Del Paco throws a hook to the side of Murdok's head but Murdok sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murdok throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Del Paco counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Del Paco throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Murdok working aggressively here.
Murdok lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murdok.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Del Paco.

It looks like Matt Murdok has been cut.
Murdok has Del Paco pressed against the cage.
Del Paco lands an elbow inside.
Del Paco pressing his opponent against the cage.
Del Paco is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Del Paco lands a nice elbow.
Murdok throws an elbow that misses.
Murdok misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdok blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Del Paco throws an elbow but misses.
Del Paco with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murdok stalling in the clinch but Del Paco improves position.
Murdok misses with a body punch.
Murdok scores with a shoulder strike.
Del Paco gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Murdok tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murdok managing to block the knees to the body from Del Paco.
Del Paco lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Del Paco lands a damaging elbow.
Del Paco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Del Paco stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Murdok blocks a body shot from Del Paco.
Murdok blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Del Paco lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Murdok letting Del Paco take a breather here.
Murdok lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Lucia Del Paco has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Del Paco.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murdok lands a shot to the body.
Del Paco looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Del Paco lands an elbow that stopped Murdok in his tracks for a moment.
Murdok trying to control the position but instead, Del Paco has worked for underhooks and has pushed Murdok into the cage.
Murdok working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murdok.
Del Paco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murdok misses with a punch on the inside.
Del Paco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murdok.
Murdok misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murdok lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Del Paco.
Murdok throws a punch but it's blocked by Del Paco.
Del Paco slowing the pace effectively.
Murdok lands a body shot.
Murdok works on Del Paco's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice elbow from Del Paco.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murdok.
Del Paco throws a punch but it's blocked by Murdok.
Del Paco taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Del Paco misses with a knee to the head.
Murdok misses with a punch on the inside.
Murdok on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murdok tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Del Paco tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murdok avoids it.
Murdok misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murdok lands a shot to the body.
Del Paco misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Del Paco.
Del Paco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Del Paco slows down the pace here.
Del Paco lands a nice elbow.
Murdok working aggressively here.
Del Paco misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Del Paco.
Murdok is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Del Paco lands an elbow that stopped Murdok in his tracks for a moment.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Murdok managing to block the knees to the body from Del Paco.
Murdok lands an uppercut.
Del Paco lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Del Paco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murdok has a couple of punches blocked by Del Paco.
Murdok blocks a body shot from Del Paco.
Del Paco stalling against the cage.
Del Paco blocking some punches.
Del Paco tries to throw a body punch but Murdok avoids it by throwing Del Paco back against the cage.
Del Paco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Del Paco fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murdok dodges an elbow strike from Del Paco.
Del Paco trying to control the position but instead, Murdok has worked for underhooks and has pushed Del Paco into the cage.
Murdok misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lucia Del Paco dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Murdok closes the distance and clinches.
Lucia Del Paco has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Murdok avoiding damage as Del Paco throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Del Paco.
Del Paco lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Murdok has a couple of punches blocked by Del Paco.
Del Paco lands an elbow inside.
Murdok swings wildly with an uppercut but Del Paco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murdok wants to stall.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Del Paco.
Murdok taking a breather.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murdok.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murdok pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Murdok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Del Paco's elbow.
Del Paco gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Murdok is trying to push Del Paco away but Del Paco has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nice elbow from Del Paco.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Del Paco lands an elbow just above Murdok 's eye.
Come on Del Paco - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdok cracks Del Paco with a nice body shot.
Murdok wants to break free but Del Paco has control.
Del Paco is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murdok can do to turn this around?
Del Paco lands an elbow that stopped Murdok in his tracks for a moment.
Murdok prevents a body shot from Del Paco.
Del Paco throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murdok blocks it with crossed arms.
Del Paco lands a damaging elbow.
Murdok lands a right hand.
Del Paco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Del Paco lands a damaging elbow.
Murdok lands a hook that snaps the head of Del Paco backwards.
Murdok dodges an elbow strike from Del Paco.
Del Paco lands an elbow inside that Murdok shrugs off.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Del Paco.

Murdok breaks the clinch.
Murdok misses with the combination.
Del Paco seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Murdok!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Del Paco moves into range and clinches up with Murdok.
Del Paco blocks an uppercut.
Del Paco working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murdok has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murdok.
Del Paco throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Murdok takes an elbow to the forehead.
Del Paco lands an elbow that stopped Murdok in his tracks for a moment.
Del Paco blocks the elbow strike.
Del Paco lands a body shot.
Del Paco lands an elbow inside that Murdok shrugs off.
Del Paco displaying some good clinch control by pressing Murdok up against the cage.
Murdok blocks an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Del Paco lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Paco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murdok is trying to break the clinch but Del Paco has him pressed against the cage.
Del Paco misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Del Paco - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Del Paco lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Del Paco takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Del Paco lands a nice elbow.
Murdok misses with some punches.
Del Paco blocking some punches.
Del Paco lands an elbow that stopped Murdok in his tracks for a moment.
Del Paco is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Murdok is keeping busy.
With the fighters up against the cage, Del Paco throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murdok.
A short left from Murdok.
Del Paco lands an elbow that stopped Murdok in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murdok.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Paco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Del Paco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Del Paco.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot in the inside from Del Paco.
Murdok has a couple of punches blocked by Del Paco.
Nice elbow from Del Paco.
Murdok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Del Paco's elbow.
Del Paco content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Murdok misses with a punch on the inside.
Del Paco creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Murdok's defenses.
Del Paco gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Murdok blocks an elbow strike.
Del Paco creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Murdok's defenses.
Del Paco with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Del Paco.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murdok is stalling here.
Del Paco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lucia Del Paco dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Sloppy strikes from Murdok. Those never looked like landing.
Murdok fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Del Paco is looking to counter the offense by Murdok and move into the clinch.
A punch combination from Murdok misses.

Murdok closes the distance and clinches.
Del Paco struggles to land a body shot inside as Murdok controls his hands.
Del Paco is trying to maintain a safe position but Murdok gets an underhook and turns Del Paco into the cage.
Murdok looking to slow down the pace here.
Del Paco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Del Paco with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Murdok is trying to stall.
Del Paco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Del Paco lands an elbow inside that Murdok shrugs off.
Del Paco lands a nice elbow.
Del Paco misses with a knee strike.
Murdok stalling the fight.
Murdok misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Paco prevents a body shot from Murdok.
Del Paco lands an elbow that stopped Murdok in his tracks for a moment.
Murdok lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Del Paco as Murdok tries to tie him up.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Del Paco.
Murdok takes an elbow to the temple.
Murdok pushes Del Paco back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Murdok blocking some punches.
Del Paco creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Del Paco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Del Paco is looking to control Murdok's arms but Murdok gets an underhook and turns him. Now Del Paco has his back to the cage.
Murdok fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murdok working hard to break the clinch.
Murdok working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Del Paco is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Del Paco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Paco lands an elbow that stopped Murdok in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Del Paco.
Del Paco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Del Paco lands an elbow inside that Murdok shrugs off.
Murdok misses with an elbow over the top.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Murdok lands with a right to the head.
Del Paco tries a body shot but Murdok blocks it.
Murdok misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Del Paco throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murdok throws a punch but it's blocked by Del Paco.
Murdok swings wildly with an uppercut but Del Paco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Del Paco lands an elbow inside that Murdok shrugs off.
Del Paco lands an elbow just above Murdok 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Murdok throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Paco lands an elbow just above Murdok 's eye.
Del Paco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Del Paco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Del Paco gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Del Paco controlling the action here for a moment.
Murdok lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Del Paco lands a nice elbow.
Del Paco displaying some good clinch control by pressing Murdok up against the cage.
Murdok swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Del Paco taking a breather.
Murdok tries to throw a body punch but Del Paco avoids it by throwing Murdok back against the cage.
Del Paco throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Murdok lands an uppercut.
Murdok on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Paco is pushing Murdok up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Del Paco creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Murdok's defenses.
Del Paco lands a damaging elbow.
Del Paco can't find room to land a body shot as Murdok controls the action.
Murdok tries to work over Del Paco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Matt Murdok has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murdok lands an uppercut.
Del Paco lands an elbow inside.
Del Paco avoids a wild elbow strike from Murdok.
Murdok fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Del Paco is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murdok is defending well for now.
Murdok makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murdok dodges an elbow strike from Del Paco.
Murdok lands with a light punch inside.
Del Paco is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Murdok throws a head punch that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucia Del Paco showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Del Paco, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucia Del Paco!