PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keith Glenn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glenn has chosen Seven Nation Army as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murphy
vs
Glenn

180 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alex Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Keith Glenn!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Chad Campbell and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Glenn gets a takedown into half guard.
Glenn working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Glenn thows a huge punch but Murphy dodges it nicely.
Glenn is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Murphy!
Glenn looking to finish with strikes here!
Glenn sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Glenn misses with a head shot.
Glenn punishing his opponent with strikes.
Murphy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Murphy tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy taking shots to the head.
Glenn thowing shots but they're missing.
Glenn cracks Murphy with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Murphy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Glenn on the ground.
Glenn misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Murphy is trying to stand.
Glenn unloading with bombs!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Glenn tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Murphy avoids a series of strikes thrown by Glenn.
Glenn controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glenn can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Murphy is looking to escape.
Glenn content just to control the position here.
Glenn throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Glenn looking to ground and pound but Murphy is blocking nicely.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Glenn cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Glenn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glenn can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Murphy is looking to escape.
Murphy holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Glenn tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Murphy is in a horrible position here. Glenn smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Glenn controlling the pace for now.
Glenn thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy avoids a series of strikes thrown by Glenn.
Glenn tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Glenn unloads with some shots from mount but Murphy bucks and avoids them well.
Glenn landing strikes, looking to finish!
Murphy wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Glenn.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Glenn looking to finish Murphy with some ground and pound. This is bad for Murphy!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Glenn postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Murphy looks a forlorn figure.

Glenn looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keith Glenn dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Murphy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Glenn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Glenn connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Murphy momentarily.
Nice takedown defense from Glenn. No joy for Murphy on that attempt.

Glenn cracks Murphy with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Glenn has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Murphy to stand back up!

Murphy is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy ducks into an uppercut from Glenn and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Keith Glenn!
In his post fight interview, Keith Glenn started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.