PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between David Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomaz Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor has chosen Taylor Gang as his entrance music. David Murphy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Murphy
vs
Taylor

171 cm
28
130 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
144 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, David Murphy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thomaz Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Taylor.
Taylor misses the jab.
Murphy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murphy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Murphy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Taylor throws a leg kick but Murphy moved away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murphy.
Murphy takes a swing at Taylor's ribcage but misses.
A leg kick checked by Murphy.
Taylor takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Taylor smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Taylor defending well as Murphy loads up on a big left hand.
Good leg kick by Taylor there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Taylor closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy prevents a body shot from Taylor.

Murphy manages to break the clinch.
Taylor scores with a jab.
Murphy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thomaz Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy moves out of range of the leg kick from Taylor.
Murphy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Taylor to score with a decent uppercut.
Murphy misses with a wild combination.
Murphy lands a body shot.
Nice cross by Murphy.
Taylor takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Murphy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taylor.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murphy tries to score with a low kick but Taylor moves his leg out of the way.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Taylor misses with a wild body shot.
Taylor throws a shot to the body.
Taylor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Taylor looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Taylor throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taylor tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Taylor walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Murphy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Taylor finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Taylor looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Taylor takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Murphy connects with an inside leg kick.
Taylor will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A leg kick checked by Murphy.
Taylor gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Taylor.
Murphy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Murphy moves out of range as Taylor strikes.
Murphy misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murphy fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Taylor scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Taylor tries to work over Murphy's front leg with a kick but Murphy checks it.
Murphy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A big right from Murphy misses.
Taylor throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Taylor fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Murphy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Taylor misses with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a hook
and Taylor counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Murphy is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Murphy blocks a low kick nicely.
Murphy misses with a straight left.
Murphy connects with a jab.

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 uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Taylor has time to react.
Taylor connects with a leg kick. Murphy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Taylor is looking to chop away at Murphy's legs.
An inside leg kick lands from Taylor.
Murphy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Taylor looks to land a body kick but Murphy moved away.
Taylor throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murphy throws a hook to the side of Taylor's head but Taylor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Taylor goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taylor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
Taylor checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Taylor scores with a leg kick.
Murphy wants to slow Taylor down by chopping away at his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Thomaz Taylor will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Taylor misses with a low kick.
Murphy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murphy.
Taylor moves forwards but Murphy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Taylor attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A combination from Murphy does no damage.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
Taylor takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Taylor throws a half hearted mid kick.
Taylor staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Taylor. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Taylor misses with the combination.
Taylor throws a nice inside leg kick.
Murphy connects with a right hand. Taylor shakes it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taylor misses with a jab to the body
and Murphy counters with a nice body kick.
Taylor is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
David Murphy is winning the standup battle so far.
Taylor avoids the body shot from Murphy.
A bone on bone clash there as Murphy blocks the leg kick.
Taylor on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A chopping leg kick lands by Taylor.
Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Taylor attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Taylor scores with a shot to the body.
Murphy lands a really nice looking cross but Taylor seems unphased.
A punch lands to the side of Taylor 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Taylor is rocked!
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murphy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taylor is still on wobbly legs! Can Murphy finish him?
Murphy catches Taylor with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Taylor forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). David Murphy!
David Murphy is the new bantamweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, David Murphy thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.