PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paddy Murphy (ranked 2570 p4p, 3510 weight class) and Stu Redman (ranked 362 p4p, 479 weight class). Murphy comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya. Redman has chosen Smke a Little Smoke - Eric Church as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murphy
vs
Redman

185 cm
27
185
9 - 13 - 0

185 cm
27
184
9 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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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 9 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paddy Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stu Redman!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redman wants to clinch.
Redman throws a right hand that Murphy ducks under and follows up with a left that Murphy also avoids with ease.
Murphy thinks about countering with a head kick.
Nice body kick from Murphy.
Redman fails with the takedown

and Murphy counters by clinching up.
Redman has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Murphy after a bit of a struggle.
Murphy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Redman.
Murphy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murphy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Redman blocking some punches.
Murphy lands a knee to the body.
Redman can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Murphy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murphy.
Still in the clinch, Murphy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murphy trying to land knees to the body.
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
Murphy pushes off an throws an elbow but Redman leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Murphy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Murphy stalling the fight.
Redman has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Murphy avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Paddy Murphy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stu Redman.
Redman drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Murphy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Murphy crunches a lovely knee into Redman's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Redman blocks it with crossed arms.
Redman has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Murphy after a bit of a struggle.
Redman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy prevents a takedown attempt there.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Redman.
Murphy looking to throw knees to the head but Redman is blocking nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Redman can't get the takedown.
A short right from Murphy on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Murphy throws an elbow but misses.
Murphy lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Stu Redman has been cut.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Redman is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Murphy lands a good knee to the midsection. Redman won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Murphy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murphy landing knees to the head.
Murphy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Redman's defenses.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Redman.
Murphy digs a right hand underneath Redman's ribcage. Redman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Redman looks winded!
Murphy pushes Redman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murphy lands an elbow just above Redman 's eye.
Murphy stalls.
Murphy leaning against his opponent.
Murphy struggles to land a body shot inside as Redman controls his hands.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redman drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Murphy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Redman's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy stalling against the cage.
Murphy trying to land knees to the body.
Redman goes for a takedown in the clinch but Murphy prevents it.
A hook to the body from Murphy.
Murphy lands a knee to the head.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Redman avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the cage.
Murphy prevents the takedown attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paddy Murphy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stu Redman's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Redman throws a big shot that misses.
Murphy is looking for a counter combo.
Murphy tries to bum rush Redman with a series of wild strikes but Redman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Redman closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Redman throws a strike aimed at the side of Murphy's head but Murphy avoids it well.
Murphy tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Murphy regains half guard.
Murphy trying to control but Redman postures up.
Redman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Murphy's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy manages to get to full guard.
Redman is looking to work some ground and pound but Murphy has wrist control.
Redman throws an elbow that misses. Murphy uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Redman's guard. Nice move by Murphy!

We've been hearing that Murphy has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redman is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Murphy lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Redman controls Murphy momentarily but Murphy frees himself.
Murphy postures up in Redman's guard and throws a big left but Redman blocks it.
Murphy scoring with punches to the head and body.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Redman keeping moving, preventing Murphy from controlling successfully.
Redman pulls Murphy in close to prevent any damage.
Murphy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Redman has momentary wrist control but Murphy slips an elbow through the middle.
Redman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy works over Redman with some ground and pound from guard.
Murphy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Redman wants to sweep but no luck.
Murphy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Redman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Redman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Murphy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Murphy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Redman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Murphy displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Redman.
Murphy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Redman looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redman fails with a takedown attempt.
Redman dives in for a single leg takedown but Murphy sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Paddy Murphy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stu Redman.
Murphy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Redman throws out the jab.
Murphy throws a head kick that Redman semi-blocks.
Murphy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Redman finds it's way round the side to connect with Murphy's head.
Murphy throws a sloppy head kick and Redman moves out of range easily.
Redman drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Murphy defends it well.
Murphy lands a high kick!
Murphy lands a nice looking body kick.
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!
Murphy scores with a leg kick.

Murphy closes the distance and pushes Redman back into the cage.
Murphy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Redman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Redman is looking for a takedown.
Redman is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paddy Murphy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stu Redman's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Murphy scores with a head kick. Redman tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Murphy moves in looking to clinch but Redman pushes him off.
Murphy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Murphy leaves Redman with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Paddy Murphy is winning the standup battle so far.
Redman lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Murphy throws a quick inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Murphy.
Murphy throws a body kick that misses.
Redman throws a lazy right hand but Murphy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It appears Murphy was looking to counter with a kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Redman lands the left hand.

Murphy tries to sprawl but Redman drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Redman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Murphy is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy regains full guard. Nicely done.
Redman with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Redman throws a big elbow that misses.
Redman must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Redman throws an elbow that misses. Murphy uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Redman's guard. Nice move by Murphy!

Murphy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Redman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Murphy throwing strikes from guard but Redman blocks nicely.
Murphy looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Redman trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Murphy postures up and lands a big shot to Redman's brow.
Murphy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy stopping the sweep attempt from Redman.
Murphy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Murphy wants to control from the top but Redman keeps moving.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Redman slips under a jab.
Murphy tries a head kick but it misses.
Murphy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Murphy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Redman can do to turn this around?
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Murphy.
Murphy connects with a high kick.

Redman shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Redman showed some decent athleticism there.
Redman moves into full mount! Murphy won't be happy about that!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redman throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Murphy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Redman throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Murphy blocking the ground and pound.
Redman putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy is trying to escape the mount.
Murphy throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Stu Redman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paddy Murphy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Murphy tries to hold on but Redman pushes him away.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Paddy Murphy.
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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27

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