PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Edward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy comes into the arena with Rammstein - Führe Mich (Cover) blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murphy
vs
Edward

188 cm
30
213 lbs
25 - 11 - 1

180 cm
31
223 lbs
27 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 25 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Brian Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ryan Edward!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edward tries to bum rush Murphy with a series of wild strikes but Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Edward throws a solid leg kick but Murphy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Edward.

Edward clinches up against the cage.
Edward misses with the head strike.
Edward lands a nice uppercut.
Edward tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
Edward misses with a hook to the ribs.
Edward misses with a hook from the clinch.
Edward misses with the head strike.

Murphy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Edward checks a leg kick.
Edward fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Edward tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edward is looking to clinch.
Murphy swats away the attempt to clinch by Edward.
Edward connects with a jab.
Murphy takes one on the button.
Edward jabs at Murphy's body.
Edward tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murphy swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Edward closes the distance and clinches.
Murphy has had enough of the clinch but Edward keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Edward fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edward misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Edward.
Edward has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Murphy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Edward swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Edward tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stalling in the clinch from Edward.

Murphy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Edward.
Murphy slips under a jab.
Murphy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edward's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Edward duly obliges.

It looks like Brian Murphy has been cut.
Edward throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Edward connects with a body shot.
Edward swings widly with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a slapping leg kick.
Edward throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Edward misses with a looping left.
Murphy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Edward scores with a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Edward throws out a powerful jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edward rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murphy counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Ryan Edward has been cut.
Edward misses with an attempted mid kick.
Edward moves to clinch but Murphy breaks away
and Murphy counters with a nice body kick.
Edward misses with a body shot.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Edward.
Edward throws a series of punches but Murphy avoids them all with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Edward throws a leg kick that misses.
That kick from Edward tenderised Murphy's leg. Murphy is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Edward dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Murphy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Edward throws a leg kick that is checked
and Murphy counters with a big head kick but Edward shrugs it off.
Ryan Edward seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murphy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Edward can pounce on him.
Edward tries to clinch but Murphy moves out of range.
Edward tries to clinch but Murphy moves out of range.
Edward misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Edward.
Murphy slips under a jab from Edward.
A big right from Edward misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Edward. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Edward throws a nice inside leg kick.
Murphy defending well as Edward loads up on a big left hand.
Murphy misses with a head kick.
Edward just misses with a punch to the body.
A punch combination from Edward misses.
Edward closes the distance but Murphy moves to the side
and Murphy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Edward's knee momentarily.
Murphy slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edward is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Edward misses with an uppercut
and Murphy makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Edward really felt that one!
Edward throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murphy counters with a solid body kick.
Edward rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murphy counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Edward throws a nice looking combination but Murphy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Edward misses with a leg kick
and Murphy counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Edward is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Edward misses with a hook
and Murphy counters with a perfectly timed head kick, knocking Edward out cold! Wow, that took some serious skill and not a little luck! Murphy is taking it in his stride though, strolling around like it's no big deal. What a guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Brian Murphy!