PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Khris Murphey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joao Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphey comes to the cage accompanied by Back in Black. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Murphey
vs
Garcia

190 cm
24
211 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

MADE IN GERMANY

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khris Murphey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Garcia swinging wildly here.
Garcia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murphey circles away quickly and effectively.
Murphey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
Murphey tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murphey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murphey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murphey fails with a takedown attempt.
Murphey avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphey looks to score with a jab to the body but Garcia is just out of range.
Murphey slips a jab and a cross from Garcia.
Murphey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murphey tries to clinch up.
Garcia lands a glancing blow to the side of Murphey's head.
Joao Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Murphey avoids them all with ease.
Murphey dodges the punch combination from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a wild combination.
Garcia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garcia digs a good hook to Murphey's body.
Murphey is breathing heavily.
Garcia lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia tries to bum rush Murphey with a series of wild strikes but Murphey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Garcia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphey moves away.
Garcia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murphey moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Garcia throws a nice looking combination but Murphey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia scores with a one two! Murphey had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphey takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Garcia swings for the body but Murphey moves out of range.
Murphey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garcia stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Murphey has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Murphey there as he acknowledges the shot.
Garcia misses with the combination.
Garcia misses with a double jab.
Joao Garcia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garcia swinging wildly here.
Garcia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Garcia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Garcia throws the left hand but Murphey avoids the punch easily.
Garcia missing with a left hand there. Murphey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garcia thows a body shot but no joy.
A decent looking cross lands there for Garcia.
A swing and a miss from Garcia.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Murphey avoids them all with ease.
Garcia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murphey circles away quickly and effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garcia with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joao Garcia 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.

Murphey avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Garcia does no damage.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphey was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
A big right from Garcia misses.
Garcia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garcia takes a swing at Murphey's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphey moves away.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Murphey looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia misses with a two punch combination.
Garcia fails to land with a series of punches.
Murphey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garcia throws a hook but Murphey avoids it easily.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
Garcia throws a predictable looking body shot
and Murphey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphey moves away.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Murphey avoids them all with ease.
Murphey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garcia.
Garcia scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murphey dodges the punch combination from Garcia.
Garcia throws a right hand that Murphey ducks under and follows up with a left that Murphey also avoids with ease.
Garcia digs a good hook to Murphey's body.
Garcia tries to bum rush Murphey with a series of wild strikes but Murphey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Garcia connects with a body shot.
Murphey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Garcia is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Murphey rather than just go for the knockout.
A left lands for Garcia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Murphey decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Garcia's guard.

Garcia looking for a guillotine here but Murphey defends easily.
Murphey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Garcia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Garcia keeping moving, preventing Murphey from controlling successfully.

Garcia manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Murphey fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garcia cracks Murphey with a good jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garcia throws a nice looking combination but Murphey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Garcia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garcia connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Garcia tries to bum rush Murphey with a series of wild strikes but Murphey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Garcia fails to land with a series of punches.
Garcia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphey manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia throws a jab when Murphey was well out of range.
Garcia throws a nice looking combination but Murphey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joao Garcia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Garcia throws a body punch but Murphey moves out of range.
Garcia throws a body punch but Murphey moves out of range.
Garcia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murphey.
Jab, jab by Garcia - just one landing.
Garcia looks to land a left hand but Murphey moved out of range nicely.
Murphey on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Murphey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Garcia.
Some wild striking there from Garcia.
Garcia throws a right and a left that both miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphey moves away.
Murphey avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Garcia throws an overhand right that lands on Murphey's shoulder, as Murphey tries to avoid the shot.
Garcia throws a right and a left that both miss.
Murphey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Khris Murphey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murphey avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garcia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murphey.
Murphey throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Murphey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Well,Murphey is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Murphey moves forwards but Garcia connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Murphey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphey takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A combination from Garcia does no damage.
Garcia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Garcia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murphey moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphey was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
Murphey takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia scores with a three punch combo!
Joao Garcia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garcia throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Murphey stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Garcia lands a jab-cross combination.

Murphey is rocked!
Garcia scores with a shot to the body.
Murphey takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Garcia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murphey circles away quickly and effectively.
Garcia scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Murphey moves out of range.
Garcia fails to land with a series of punches.
Murphey moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Garcia misses with a wild combination.
Murphey lands a really nice looking cross but Garcia seems unphased.
Joao Garcia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice cross by Garcia.
Khris Murphey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Garcia lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Garcia throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Garcia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Murphey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Garcia.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joao Garcia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Garcia has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Joao Garcia!
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Joao Garcia!
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight for Joao Garcia!

Joao Garcia wins by unanimous decision!