PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Liddel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Murphy
vs
Liddel

188 cm
19
219 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

200 cm
26
205 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brian Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fred Liddel!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy scores with a jab to the head.
Brian Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murphy loads up on a big right hand but Liddel slips the punch.

Liddel moves into the clinch successfully.
Murphy has had enough of the clinch but Liddel keeps him there for the moment.
Liddel stalling the fight.
Murphy is trying to break the clinch but Liddel is controlling him.
Liddel is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Murphy is keeping busy.
Murphy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Liddel has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Murphy breaks the clinch.
Liddel tries to clinch up
and Murphy counters with a stiff right hand.
Liddel closes the distance looking to clinch
and Murphy counters with a low kick, right behind Liddel 's knee.
Liddel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Liddel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Murphy is looking to slow Liddel down with leg kicks.
Liddel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Liddel rushes Murphy and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Murphy breaks from the clinch.
Murphy misses with a hook
and Liddel counters with a two punch combo.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Liddel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murphy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Murphy thuds a left hand into Liddel's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Liddel.
Murphy throws a poor cross that misses
and Liddel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Liddel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Liddel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murphy throws a right hand that misses
and Liddel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Liddel slips a jab from Murphy.
Liddel moves out of range as Murphy strikes.
Murphy misses with a body punch
and Murphy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a looping left.
Jab by Murphy.
Murphy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Murphy lands a head shot.
Murphy motions for Liddel to come forward. Murphy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Liddel.
Murphy misses with an uppercut
and Liddel counters with a left to the body.
Murphy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murphy.
Liddel moves out of range of the strikes.
Liddel misses with a takedown attempt
and Murphy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Murphy throws an off balance right hand

and Liddel counters with a takedown into side control.

Liddel has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liddel tries to clinch
and Murphy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Murphy cracks Liddel with a good jab.
Murphy circles away from the clinch attempt
and Murphy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murphy misses with an uppercut.
Liddel blocks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Murphy misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Liddel has taken the fight to the clinch.

Murphy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Murphy dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Murphy misses with a low kick.
Liddel tries to clinch up but Murphy circles away and keeps his distance.
Murphy lands the left hand.
A swing and a miss from Murphy.
Liddel doesn't manage to clinch there - Murphy circles away.
Liddel tries to clinch but Murphy moves away
letting Murphy counter with a right hand.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Liddel with a poor takedown
and Murphy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Brian Murphy is winning the standup battle so far.
Murphy misses with a shot to the body

and Liddel counters with a nice double leg into side control. Murphy won't be happy with that.
Murphy is not content to let Liddel control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murphy is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy prevents Liddel from improving position.
Murphy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Murphy bucks up and tries to throw Liddel off but instead Liddel has got his back!
Will Liddel go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Liddel throwing sloppy strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy wants to get back to his feet.

Liddel is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Murphy defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Murphy is trying to get back to his feet but Liddel has full control of the position and if anything, Murphy has just worked his way into a worse spot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Murphy has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Liddel.
Liddel wants to control the position but Murphy frees himself and scrambles - Liddel manages to regain control in side control.
Liddel controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Fred Liddel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Liddel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Liddel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murphy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Liddel's hands.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy dodges the punch combination from Liddel.
Good exchange - Murphy coming out on top.
Liddel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murphy throws a lazy uppercut

and Liddel counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Liddel.

Murphy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy looks to land a left hand but Liddel moved out of range nicely.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Liddel closes the distance but Murphy moves to the side
and Murphy counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy swats away the attempt to clinch by Liddel.
Murphy misses with a hook

and Liddel counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Liddel.
Liddel taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Murphy breaks the clinch.
Murphy misses with an uppercut
and Liddel counters with a body kick.
Murphy swings widly with a right hand
and Liddel counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Liddel is looking to clinch.
Liddel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A punch lands to the side of Liddel 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Murphy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Liddel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy connects with an inside leg kick.
Liddel closes the distance looking to clinch
and Murphy counters with a solid body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Liddel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Liddel shoots in for a double leg but Murphy sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Brian Murphy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murphy throws a lazy uppercut

and Liddel counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Liddel.

Murphy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Liddel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddel avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Murphy scores with a nice right hand.
Liddel moves in looking to clinch but Murphy pushes him off.
Murphy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Liddel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
Murphy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Liddel counters by moving into the clinch.

Murphy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murphy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Liddel tries to clinch up
and Liddel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws an overhand right that lands on Liddel's shoulder, as Liddel tries to avoid the shot.
Murphy throws a hook but Liddel blocks it.
A shot to the liver by Murphy. Beautiful body shot.
Liddel throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Murphy's waist but Murphy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Liddel off to one side.
Liddel fails with a takedown attempt.
Brian Murphy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fred Liddel.
Liddel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Liddel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Murphy scores with a nice head shot.
Murphy swings widly with a right hand

and Liddel counters by moving into the clinch.
Murphy working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liddel tries to stall but Murphy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Murphy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Murphy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Murphy!