PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Roman Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Quatrone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy's entrance music is Loyal to No One. A fine choice. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Murphy
vs
Quatrone

170 cm
19
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

163 cm
18
141 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roman Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Xavier Quatrone!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Murphy darts in and clinches Quatrone up against the cage.

Quatrone lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Murphy tries to get to full guard but Quatrone has control of the leg.
Quatrone working Murphy over with strikes.
Quatrone not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Murphy is looking for a sweep. Quatrone is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Murphy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Quatrone.
Quatrone lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Quatrone is pressing down on Murphy's thigh, looking to free his foot. Murphy is holding on for now.
Murphy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Murphy slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quatrone throws a strike but Murphy rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Quatrone seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Murphy tries to free his leg and advance position but Quatrone is retaining full guard.
Quatrone wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Quatrone's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

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.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Xavier Quatrone.
Quatrone blocks a head kick by Murphy.

Quatrone closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Murphy quickly recovers to half guard.
Murphy wants to get back to his feet.
Quatrone lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Quatrone works his way into full mount!
Murphy is bucking up trying to escape but Quatrone cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quatrone controlling the position easily from mount.
Quatrone throws some wild stikes that Murphy manages to avoid easily.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Quatrone with the ground and pound from mount.
Quatrone postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Murphy looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Quatrone prevents Murphy from getting the reversal.
Quatrone raining down shots from the mount!
Quatrone lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Quatrone lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quatrone lands with some strikes.
Quatrone sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Quatrone raining down shots from the mount!
Quatrone lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quatrone trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The referee warns Murphy that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quatrone lands a big shot there that rocks Murphy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Quatrone connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Quatrone dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Quatrone feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Quatrone accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Murphy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murphy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Quatrone throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Murphy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Quatrone trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Quatrone landing some decent shots from guard.
Murphy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murphy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Quatrone.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Quatrone accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quatrone scoring with some ground and pound.
Quatrone pushes down on Murphy's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Murphy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Quatrone.
Quatrone seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Murphy does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Quatrone looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Quatrone looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Quatrone throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Quatrone keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Murphy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Murphy tries to get out of the position.
Quatrone wants to control but Murphy is keeping him busy.
Quatrone working Murphy over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Quatrone scores with a couple of nice shots.
Quatrone slips a nice elbow through Murphy's hands, connecting with Murphy's forehead.
Murphy wants to get back to his feet.
Quatrone thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Quatrone throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Quatrone throwing shots but Murphy is blocking nicely.
Quatrone slips a nice elbow through Murphy's hands, connecting with Murphy's forehead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quatrone working over Murphy with some ground and pound. Murphy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Murphy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Quatrone.
Murphy is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Quatrone.
Murphy tries to get to full guard but Quatrone has control of the leg.
Quatrone wants to control but Murphy is keeping him busy.
Quatrone thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Murphy's head.
Murphy taking some punishment here, with Quatrone in his half guard.
Quatrone passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Murphy!
Murphy can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Murphy tries to hold on but Quatrone pushes him away.
Quatrone lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Quatrone is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Murphy can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Quatrone working the ground and pound effectively.
Quatrone looking to finish Murphy with some ground and pound. This is bad for Murphy!
Quatrone trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Quatrone with a couple of short strikes.
Quatrone lands a big shot there that rocks Murphy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Quatrone lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Murphy hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Quatrone 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! This is the final round!

Murphy fails with the takedown

and Quatrone counters with a takedown into side control.
Murphy is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Murphy regains half guard, as Quatrone was trying to land strikes.
Quatrone sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Murphy defending well though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Quatrone drops an elbow to the side of Murphy's head.
Quatrone thows a huge punch but Murphy dodges it nicely.
Quatrone slips a nice elbow through Murphy's hands, connecting with Murphy's forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quatrone trying to control from half guard but Murphy is working away.
Quatrone thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Murphy's head.
Quatrone lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Quatrone lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Quatrone throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Quatrone missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Quatrone not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Quatrone has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Quatrone throwing shots but Murphy is blocking nicely.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Quatrone connects with a nice short shot to Murphy's temple.
Quatrone not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ground and pound from Quatrone.
Quatrone takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Quatrone working over Murphy with some ground and pound. Murphy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Murphy wants to control but Quatrone is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Quatrone lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Murphy is looking for a sweep. Quatrone is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quatrone thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Murphy's head.
Quatrone moves into full mount! Murphy won't be happy about that!
Murphy takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Quatrone has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Murphy's face.
Quatrone breaks from Murphy's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Murphy taking shots to the head.
Quatrone postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Murphy looks a forlorn figure.
Quatrone lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quatrone lands a heavy elbow.
Murphy is looking to get to half guard.
Quatrone landing shots from mount.
Murphy tries to hold on but Quatrone pushes him away.
Murphy working to try and regain half guard.
Quatrone scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Quatrone lands a big shot there that rocks Murphy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
A nice elbow there by Quatrone.
Roman Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Xavier Quatrone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Quatrone content just to control the position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier Quatrone comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Quatrone winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 26:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xavier Quatrone!