PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taichi Heleno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murdock comes to the cage accompanied by Man Without Fear. Heleno is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: weird Japanese music. Matthew Murdock had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Murdock
vs
Heleno

180 cm
23
170 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

168 cm
25
167 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matthew Murdock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taichi Heleno!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murdock tries to clinch but Heleno moves out of range.
Murdock tries to clinch but Heleno is having none of it.
Murdock tries a low kick but Heleno avoids it.
Heleno lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Murdock ducks under a wild hook from Heleno.
The fighters circling - Heleno throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Heleno thows a leg kick but Murdock checks it
and Murdock makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A low kick from Murdock is predictable there
and Heleno counters with an inside leg kick.
Heleno rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murdock counters with a good low kick that Heleno was not able to check.
Heleno scores with a head kick. Murdock tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Murdock feints and then cracks Heleno's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Heleno down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heleno throws a head kick but Murdock moves out of range.
Heleno tries to land a body kick
and Murdock counters with a good low kick that Heleno was not able to check.
Heleno thows a leg kick but Murdock checks it
and Murdock counters with an outside leg kick.
Murdock moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Heleno misses with a right hand
and Murdock counters with a good, hard body kick but Heleno shrugs it off.
Heleno thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight stays on the outside here - Murdock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Heleno works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heleno throws a solid leg kick but Murdock takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Heleno.
Heleno throws a lazy head kick
and Murdock counters with a nice body kick.
Heleno swats away the attempt to clinch by Murdock.
Murdock has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Heleno finds it's way round the side to connect with Murdock's head.
Heleno throws a lazy head kick
and Murdock counters with a leg kick.

Murdock clinches up with Heleno and pushes him back against the cage.
Heleno is trying to break the clinch but Murdock has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock looking to throw knees to the head but Heleno is blocking nicely.
Heleno throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Murdock tries a knee to the head but Heleno blocks it.
Heleno tries to land knees in the clinch but Murdock avoids the damage to the body.
Murdock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Heleno is defending well for now.
Murdock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Heleno has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Heleno blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murdock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heleno blocks it with crossed arms.
Murdock jumps guard but Heleno stands there with Murdock around his waist. Murdock gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Murdock missing with knees to the body.
Heleno avoiding damage as Murdock throws knees to the body.
Heleno on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Heleno using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Murdock has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Murdock lands a knee to the body.
Murdock is breathing heavily.
Heleno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murdock lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Heleno with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Murdock throws an elbow but it misses.
Murdock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Heleno is defending well for now.
Heleno trying to land knees to the body.
Murdock lands an elbow that stopped Heleno in his tracks for a moment.
Murdock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murdock takes a knee right on the jaw!
A body shot lands from Heleno.
Heleno managing to block the knees to the body from Murdock.
Murdock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heleno blocks it with crossed arms.
Heleno blocks an elbow strike from Murdock.
Murdock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heleno blocks an elbow strike.
Heleno tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Heleno scores with a nice short uppercut.
Heleno lands a shot to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Heleno.
Heleno missing with knees to the body.
Heleno throws an elbow that misses.
Heleno misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heleno managing to block the knees to the body from Murdock.
Heleno lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Heleno managing to block the knees to the body from Murdock.
Heleno with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Heleno lands a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Murdock just misses with a elbow thrown towards Heleno's brow.
Murdock lands an elbow inside.
Murdock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murdock tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Heleno just stands there and leans against the cage.
Heleno landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Murdock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heleno avoids it.
Heleno landing knees to the body.
Heleno using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Murdock avoiding damage as Heleno throws knees to the body.
Heleno lands a knee to the head.
Heleno with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Heleno missing with knees to the body.
Murdock trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Matthew Murdock will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Murdock moves out of range of the body kick from Heleno.
Murdock checks the leg kick nicely there.
Heleno tries to clinch but Murdock moves away
and Murdock counters with a slapping leg kick.
Heleno misses with a looping right.
Heleno throws a shot from downtown. Murdock moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murdock throws a leg kick
and Heleno counters with a leg kick.
Heleno fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Murdock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Heleno manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heleno fails in his attempt to clinch.
Heleno looks to throw the jab but Murdock is out of range.
Heleno fails with an attempt to clinch.
Heleno throws a leg kick
and Murdock counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Heleno throws a leg kick
and Murdock makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A head kick by Heleno misses
and Murdock counters with a good low kick that Heleno was not able to check.
Heleno throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Murdock counters with an inside leg kick.
Heleno closes the distance looking to clinch
and Murdock counters with a head kick. That will keep Heleno thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heleno tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murdock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A low kick from Heleno misses
and Murdock counters with a leg kick.
Murdock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Heleno. That did some damage!
Heleno throws an off balance right hand
and Murdock makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Taichi Heleno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heleno looks to throw a body kick
and Murdock counters with a leg kick.
Murdock takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heleno throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Murdock holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Murdock lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Murdock avoiding damage as Heleno throws knees to the body.
Murdock connects with a nasty looking knee right to Heleno's face.
Heleno is breathing heavily.
Murdock lands a knee to the body.
Murdock tries to land knees in the clinch but Heleno avoids the damage to the body.
Murdock scores a nice knee to the body.
Murdock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heleno avoids it.
Murdock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Heleno.
Heleno on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murdock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Heleno lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Heleno is looking to control Murdock's arms but Murdock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Heleno has his back to the cage.
Heleno tries a knee to the head but Murdock blocks it.
Murdock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murdock lands an elbow inside that Heleno shrugs off.
Murdock lands an elbow that stopped Heleno in his tracks for a moment.
Heleno throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murdock blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Murdock throws an elbow but misses.
Murdock lands an elbow inside that Heleno shrugs off.

Murdock manages to break the clinch.
Murdock will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock moves in looking to clinch but Heleno pushes him off.

Heleno forces Murdock back against the cage and clinches.
Heleno is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Heleno is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Murdock missing with knees to the body.
Murdock trying to land knees to the body.
Heleno can't find room to land a body shot as Murdock controls the action.
Murdock connects with a knee to the head.
Heleno misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murdock.
Murdock misses with an elbow over the top.
Heleno missing with knees to the body.
Murdock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Murdock landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Heleno avoiding damage as Murdock throws knees to the body.
Heleno blocks an elbow strike from Murdock.
Murdock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matthew Murdock dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Heleno throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Murdock is looking to clinch.
A head kick by Heleno misses
and Murdock counters with a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Murdock blocks the leg kick.
Murdock avoids the head kick by Heleno.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heleno misses with an uppercut
and Murdock counters with a nice leg kick.
Heleno throws a lazy body kick
and Murdock counters with a low kick, right behind Heleno 's knee.
Heleno takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Murdock has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Heleno.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock tries to clinch up.
Heleno closes the distance looking to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Murdock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Heleno dodges an elbow strike from Murdock.
Heleno is looking to control Murdock's arms but Murdock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Heleno has his back to the cage.
Heleno avoiding damage as Murdock throws knees to the body.
Heleno lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Murdock obliges.
Murdock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heleno blocks it with crossed arms.
Heleno tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murdock avoids it.
Matthew Murdock is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Heleno is defending well for now.
Murdock tries to land knees in the clinch but Heleno avoids the damage to the body.
Murdock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Heleno has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Heleno breaks the clinch.
A head kick by Heleno misses
and Murdock counters with a thumping low kick.
Murdock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murdock throws the left hand but Heleno avoids the punch easily.
Heleno cracks Murdock with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Heleno misses with a hook.
Heleno tries to clinch up but Murdock circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heleno tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Murdock manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murdock takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Heleno misses with a hook
and Murdock counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Heleno throws a head kick that misses.
Taichi Heleno has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Heleno jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Heleno connects with an inside leg kick.
Heleno throws a lazy right hand but Murdock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Heleno throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Murdock counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Heleno throws a leg kick
and Murdock counters with a thumping low kick.
Murdock is looking to score with low kicks.
Heleno throws a body kick the misses
and Murdock counters with a nice leg kick.
Heleno fails in his attempt to clinch.
Heleno tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murdock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fight stays on the outside here - Heleno looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Heleno throws a leg kick
letting Murdock counter with a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matthew Murdock showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Murdock has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matthew Murdock!