PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Jallow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is Story of the Year's Meathead. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murphy
vs
Jallow

194 cm
22
264 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

210 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Jallow!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jallow sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murphy lands a jab to Jallow's midsection.
Jallow defending well as Murphy loads up on a big left hand.
Jallow scores with a decent looking hook.
Jallow uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Murphy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jallow throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jallow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Murphy.
Murphy thows a body shot but no joy.
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jallow manages to avoid it.
Murphy thows a body shot but no joy.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Murphy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jallow.
Murphy throws a solid leg kick but Jallow takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Murphy.
A choreographed right hand from Murphy misses the target.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy throws a hook but Jallow blocks it.
Murphy jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jallow sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jallow manages to avoid it.
Jallow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jallow.
Jallow ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Murphy misses with an uppercut.
Murphy is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Murphy's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jallow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a series of wild punches.
Murphy throws a body punch but Jallow moves out of range.
Jallow uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jallow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
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 John Murphy will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Murphy misses with the combination.
Jallow avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Murphy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Murphy throws a shot from downtown. Jallow moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jallow ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jallow checks a leg kick.
A punch combination from Murphy misses.
Murphy misses the jab.
Jallow avoids a kick to the body.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
A combination from Murphy does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jallow scores with a jab to the body.
John Murphy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jallow closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Murphy out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). David Jallow!