PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter John Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kelly comes to the cage accompanied by Dayman. Peter John Murphy has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Charlie Kelly's chin.

Kelly
vs
John Murphy

170 cm
23
147 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

170 cm
27
135 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

[JMFC] 160!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charlie Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Peter John Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kelly.
Kelly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kelly misses with a hook
and Murphy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kelly lands with a nice body punch.
Kelly lands with a straight right. Murphy didn't see that one coming.
Kelly misses with a body shot
letting Murphy counter with a right hand.
Kelly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Kelly misses with a body punch
and Murphy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kelly wants to clinch up but Murphy keeps it at a distance.
Murphy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kelly counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kelly is looking to wear down Murphy with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Murphy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Kelly scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murphy doesn't seem bothered though.
Murphy needs to keep his hands up - Kelly had a free shot at his head there.
Kelly misses with a shot to the body
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
Charlie Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Murphy counters with a nice uppercut.
Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kelly wants to clinch.
The fighters circling - Kelly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Kelly avoids them all with ease.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Kelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kelly throws a lazy uppercut
and Murphy counters with a series of strikes. Kelly will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kelly connects with a looping right hand.
Murphy takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Murphy throws a right and a left that Kelly avoids nicely.
Murphy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kelly misses with a body punch
and Murphy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kelly thinking.
Kelly listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Murphy avoids the body shot from Kelly.
Kelly throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy throws a right hand that misses
and Kelly counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Murphy thinking.
Kelly misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly lands with a shot to the body.
Murphy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Murphy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kelly misses with a shot to the body
and Murphy counters with a straight right hand.
Kelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Kelly.
Murphy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Murphy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kelly.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slow jab from Kelly misses its intended target.
Kelly lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Kelly dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kelly lands with a nice body punch.
Murphy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kelly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Murphy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kelly lands a nice shot to the body.
Kelly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murphy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nice jab there from Kelly.
Kelly misses with a hook to the body
and Murphy counters with a stiff right hand.
Kelly lands with an overhand left.
Kelly swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Kelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murphy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kelly swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Kelly misses with a hook
and Murphy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kelly misses with a jab to the body
and Murphy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kelly is looking to clinch.
Kelly misses with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
Kelly lands a lovely overhand right.
Murphy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kelly circles away quickly and effectively.
Murphy misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses the shot to the body.
Murphy throws an off balance right hand
and Kelly counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kelly misses with a body punch
and Murphy counters with a left to the body.
Kelly lands with a hook. Murphy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Murphy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice uppercut there from Kelly.
Kelly tries to clinch but Murphy is having none of it.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Kelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a jab to the body
and Kelly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kelly lands a lovely overhand right.
Kelly thows a body shot but no joy.
Kelly with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kelly misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Murphy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kelly thinking.
Kelly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murphy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kelly misses with a body shot
and Murphy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kelly misses with an uppercut.
Murphy avoids the body shot from Kelly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a lunging right hand
and Murphy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kelly swings away with a body shot that misses
and Murphy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murphy avoids the body shot from Kelly.
A shot to the body from Kelly misses
and Murphy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Murphy lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A shot to the body from Kelly misses
and Murphy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Kelly is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kelly swings away with a body shot that misses
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter John Murphy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kelly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oh Kelly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kelly lands a lovely overhand right.
Kelly throws a predictable looking body shot
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
Kelly seems to have got his legs back now.
A shot to the body from Kelly misses
and Murphy counters with a three punch combo that has Kelly backing up. Kelly nods at Murphy to acknowledge the strikes.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kelly.
Kelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kelly lands with a good body shot.
A jab from Kelly misses.
Kelly throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Murphy to counter with a crisp jab.
Kelly just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a hook
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kelly scores with a hook to the body. Murphy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Murphy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murphy.
Kelly misses with a wild body shot.
Kelly throws a shot to the body.
Kelly swings widly with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a left to the body.
Good shot there by Kelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly with a jab.
Kelly takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kelly misses with a shot to the body
and Murphy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kelly throws a predictable looking body shot
and Murphy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kelly.
Kelly throws an off balance right hand
and Murphy counters with a straight right hand.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Peter John Murphy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kelly throws a sloppy body shot
and Murphy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kelly throws a right hand that misses
and Murphy counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Kelly! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Murphy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peter John Murphy!