PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Captain Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Slaughter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slaughter has chosen The Crown - World Below as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murphy
vs
Slaughter

180 cm
29
162 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

175 cm
26
160 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery
Hell's Balls Recovery

Hell's Kitchen Clothing
Convicted Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Captain Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christian Slaughter!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Slaughter.
Slaughter lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Murphy lands with a good body shot.
Slaughter jabs Murphy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Slaughter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A big right from Murphy misses.
Murphy scores with a body shot.
Slaughter slips under a jab.
Slaughter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a few strikes there.
Murphy needs to keep his hands up - Slaughter had a free shot at his head there.
Slaughter throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Slaughter looks to land a right hand but Murphy moved out of range.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Slaughter misses with an uppercut.
Murphy misses with an uppercut.
Murphy slips a straight right by Slaughter.
Slaughter throws a hook but Murphy blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Murphy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murphy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murphy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murphy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice defenses there by Slaughter.
Murphy throws the left hand but Slaughter avoids the punch easily.
Slaughter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Slaughter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murphy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Slaughter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Slaughter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murphy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Slaughter gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Slaughter tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Slaughter breaks from the clinch.
Slaughter is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Slaughter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murphy throws a big shot that misses.
Murphy misses with a two punch combination.
Slaughter misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Slaughter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses the body punch
and Slaughter counters with a thumping low kick.
Murphy with a lazy takedown attempt

and Slaughter holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Slaughter tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Slaughter back against the cage.
Slaughter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Slaughter cracks Murphy with a nice body shot.
Slaughter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Slaughter tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Slaughter has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Slaughter.
Slaughter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Slaughter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Slaughter dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Slaughter scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murphy doesn't seem bothered though.
Slaughter lands a leg kick that knocks Murphy off balance momentarily.
Slaughter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Slaughter looks to land a right hand but Murphy moved out of range.
Murphy has his takedown stuffed
and Slaughter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Slaughter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Slaughter avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Slaughter lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Murphy misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Slaughter.
Slaughter misses with an uppercut.
Slaughter misses with a looping left.
Slaughter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murphy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Murphy misses the body punch
and Slaughter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Slaughter on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Slaughter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Slaughter wants to clinch up but Murphy keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy scores with a nice head shot.
Murphy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Murphy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Slaughter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Murphy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Slaughter.
Slaughter fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Christian Slaughter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Left hook, right uppercut from Slaughter.
Slaughter swings away with a body shot that misses
and Murphy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy misses with a body punch
and Slaughter counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries to bum rush Slaughter with a series of wild strikes but Slaughter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murphy loads up on a big right hand but Slaughter slips the punch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Slaughter.
Slaughter misses with a hook.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Slaughter misses its intended target.
Murphy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Slaughter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Captain Murphy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphy misses with a body punch
and Slaughter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter tries to clinch but Murphy moves out of range.
Slaughter looks to land a left hand but Murphy moved out of range nicely.
Murphy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Murphy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Murphy misses with an uppercut. Slaughter saw that one coming.
Slaughter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Slaughter connects with a leg kick. Murphy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Slaughter takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Slaughter.
Murphy throws a predictable looking body shot
and Murphy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Slaughter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Slaughter takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Slaughter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
Murphy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Slaughter counters with a nice body shot.
Slaughter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Murphy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Slaughter lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Murphy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Murphy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Slaughter takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Captain Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slaughter slips under a jab.
Murphy misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Slaughter counters with a left to the body.
Murphy staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Slaughter throws a combination that misses
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Slaughter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Murphy swings for the body but Slaughter moves out of range.
Slaughter scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Murphy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Slaughter on the side of the head.
Murphy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murphy misses with a looping right.
Captain Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Slaughter counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Murphy misses with a series of wild punches.
Slaughter throws out a powerful jab.
No joy there for Murphy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Slaughter buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Slaughter lands a nice hook to Murphy's body. Murphy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Slaughter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
Murphy misses with a shot to the body
and Slaughter counters with an outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter throws a quick inside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Slaughter throws a nice outside leg kick.
Murphy takes one to the side of the head.
Murphy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Slaughter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Slaughter cracks Murphy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Murphy misses with a shot to the body
and Murphy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Slaughter 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.
Good standup being displayed there by Slaughter as he connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 throws a looping overhand right but Slaughter ducks down to avoid it.
Murphy moves out of range of the strikes.
Slaughter throws a shot from downtown. Murphy moves away and avoids it.
Murphy takes one to the side of the head.
Murphy has his takedown stuffed
and Slaughter counters with an inside leg kick.
Murphy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murphy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A shot to the body from Murphy misses
and Slaughter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murphy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Slaughter.
Slaughter bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Christian Slaughter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Slaughter 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christian Slaughter!