PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between David Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Le Tank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le Tank has chosen The Trooper as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Murphy
vs
Le Tank

171 cm
29
130 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

169 cm
32
141 lbs
21 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, David Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hank Le Tank!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for Le Tank.
Le Tank takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Le Tank throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Le Tank tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Murphy lands a nice shot that snaps Le Tank's head back.
Le Tank with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Murphy to counter with a crisp jab.
Le Tank tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murphy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Le Tank looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Le Tank.
Le Tank tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Le Tank.
Murphy cracks Le Tank with a good jab.
Le Tank on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Murphy bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Murphy tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Murphy working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Murphy decides to stand back up. Murphy steps back and let's Le Tank get back to his feet.
Le Tank looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Le Tank but Le Tank pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Le Tank swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Le Tank stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Murphy.
Le Tank throws a nice looking combination but Murphy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Le Tank looks to land a combination but Murphy avoids it well.
Le Tank on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Le Tank looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy lands a jab-cross combination.
Hank Le Tank seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Murphy.
A jab from Murphy finds it's way through Le Tank's defenses.

Le Tank is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Murphy! Le Tank is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Murphy!
A very excited looking David Murphy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.