PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Satan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Satan's choice of entrance music: Bullet For My Valentine - Hit The Floor. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Murdock
vs
Satan

180 cm
29
166 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

175 cm
31
168 lbs
19 - 7 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matthew Murdock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damien Satan!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murdock wants to land a leg kick but Satan is out of range.
Murdock moves in looking to clinch but Satan pushes him off.
Murdock moves out of range of the body kick from Satan.
Satan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Murdock on the side of the head.
Matthew Murdock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murdock pivots, looking for a leg kick but Satan is out of range and Murdock settles back down.

Satan moves into range and clinches up with Murdock.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Satan blocks an elbow strike.
Murdock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murdock gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Satan.
Satan dodges an elbow strike from Murdock.
Murdock with a knee to the head.
Murdock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murdock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Satan avoids it.
Murdock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Satan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Satan avoiding damage as Murdock throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Satan.
Satan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Satan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Satan being controlled against the cage.
Satan lands a shoulder strike.
Satan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Murdock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Satan avoids it.
Satan avoiding damage as Murdock throws knees to the body.
Murdock throws an elbow but it misses.

Satan is trying to trip Murdock. He has hold of a leg but Murdock is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Satan persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Satan passes Murdock's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Satan looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Murdock won't allow Satan to pass to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock trying to control but Satan postures up.
Satan wants to free his trapped foot but Murdock is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Satan passes to side control.

Satan tries for a kimura but Murdock is defending well.
Satan throws an elbow but Murdock slips to the side and avoids it well.
Murdock gets back to half guard.
Murdock is staying active underneath Satan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Satan is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Satan is working for a kimura but Murdock is defending it quite comfortably.

Murdock looking for submissions off his back.
Murdock is refusing to be controlled, as Satan sits in half guard.
Murdock is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Satan scores with a couple of nice shots.

Murdock actively working from the bottom here.
Satan trying to control from half guard but Murdock is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock is trying to get back to full guard.
Murdock is refusing to be controlled, as Satan sits in half guard.

Murdock is defending against the submission attempts here by Satan.
Murdock on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Satan drops an elbow to the side of Murdock's head.
Murdock is staying active underneath Satan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Murdock wants to control but Satan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murdock wants to improve his position but Satan is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien Satan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Satan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Satan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Murdock wants to land a leg kick but Satan is out of range.

Murdock gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Murdock working for a triangle but Satan defends it easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Satan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Satan postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Satan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Murdock works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Satan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Satan is looking to work some ground and pound but Murdock has wrist control.
Satan passes Murdock's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Damien Satan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Satan passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Murdock!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock is squirming around, avoiding Satan's attempts to control the action.
Satan lands a big elbow.
Satan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Murdock sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Murdock works his way to full guard. Good work.
Satan cracks Murdock with a solid left hand.
Satan tries to free his leg and advance position but Murdock is retaining full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Satan is pushing down on Murdock's leg trying to pass to half guard. Murdock is fighting to maintain full guard but Satan has managed to sneak the leg through.
Murdock tries to get to full guard but Satan has control of the leg.
Ground and pound from Satan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Murdock looking for submissions off his back.
Satan lands with a punch from half guard.
Satan is looking to advance position but Murdock won't allow it.
Satan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Murdock wants to improve his position but Satan is controlling well.
Murdock is looking to control Satan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Murdock avoid being mounted?
Satan wants to free his trapped foot but Murdock is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Murdock trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock is looking for a sweep. Satan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nice strikes from Satan there.

Satan is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Murdock gets full guard.
Satan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Murdock keeping moving, preventing Satan from controlling successfully.
Satan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Murdock looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Satan has picked Murdock up and slammed him! Murdock can't keep hold of the triangle and Satan manages to pass to side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satan moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Murdock is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Murdock struggling a bit here.
Murdock is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Satan wants to control but Murdock is keeping him busy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Satan is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Murdock knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Murdock is working to avoid the ground and pound but Satan connects with a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien Satan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Murdock does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Murdock misses with a body kick.
Satan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murdock in his tracks.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Satan is defended easily by Murdock.
Satan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Murdock looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Satan scores with a hook.
Murdock scores with a jab to the jaw.
Murdock looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Satan checks a leg kick.
Murdock looks to score with a jab to the body but Satan is just out of range.
Satan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Murdock but Murdock pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A leg kick checked by Satan.
Satan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Murdock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A big right from Murdock misses.
Murdock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Satan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Satan moves out of range of the leg kick from Murdock.
Nice uppercut lands for Satan. That snapped Murdock's head back.
Murdock throws a head kick but Satan moves out of range.
Satan connects with a leg kick. Murdock looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Satan.
Murdock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Satan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Satan lands with a good body shot.

Satan throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Murdock was covering up waiting for the punch and Satan finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Satan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Murdock is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Murdock keeping moving, preventing Satan from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Murdock has his foot on Satan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Satan works his way back into a safe position though.
Murdock keeping full guard, as Satan tries to pass.
Murdock keeping moving, preventing Satan from controlling successfully.
Satan controlling from the top position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Damien Satan was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Satan moves away from the strike by Murdock.
Satan slips a straight right by Murdock.
Damien Satan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murdock tries to clinch up but Satan circles away and keeps his distance.
Satan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Murdock.
Satan lands a jab-cross combination.
Murdock wants to clinch.
Matthew Murdock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murdock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Satan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murdock takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Murdock shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Matthew Murdock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Satan slips a jab from Murdock.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damien Satan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Satan 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30
Judge Josh West scores the fight 27:30
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damien Satan!
Damien Satan decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.