PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nasty Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bud Ybarra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Murdock
vs
Ybarra

188 cm
19
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

187 cm
19
222 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Meet the Future

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nasty Murdock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bud Ybarra!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Ybarra. Murdock does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Ybarra misses its intended target.
Murdock lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ybarra at a distance.
Murdock slips under a jab.
Ybarra blocks a jab.
Ybarra pivots, looking for a leg kick but Murdock is out of range and Ybarra settles back down.
Murdock is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

It looks like Nasty Murdock has been cut.
Bud Ybarra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murdock scores with a leg kick.
Ybarra works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ybarra misses the jab.
Ybarra misses with a leg kick.
Murdock connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murdock connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ybarra misses with a hook
and Murdock counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ybarra throws a predictable looking body shot
and Murdock connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Murdock connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ybarra throws a right and a left that Murdock avoids nicely.
Murdock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ybarra misses with a low kick.
Ybarra throws a right and a left that Murdock avoids nicely.
Murdock doesn't manage to clinch there - Ybarra circles away.
Ybarra misses with a body kick.
Ybarra throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murdock fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Murdock lands a nice hook to Ybarra's body. Ybarra takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Murdock slips under a jab from Ybarra.
Ybarra takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Murdock fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ybarra ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murdock moves away.
Murdock showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ybarra.
Ybarra is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Murdock.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ybarra throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murdock sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Ybarra.
A punch combination from Ybarra misses.
Murdock connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murdock scores with a jab to the head.
Murdock feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ybarra's calf.
Ybarra takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Murdock, as that shot connected.
Ybarra ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murdock moves away.
Murdock tries to clinch there but Ybarra circles away.
Ybarra takes one to the side of the head.
Murdock cracks the inside of Ybarra's front leg.
Murdock moves in looking to clinch but Ybarra pushes him off.
Ybarra's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Murdock throws a head kick that half lands.
Murdock misses with a body shot.
Murdock moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ybarra thows a leg kick but Murdock checks it
and Murdock counters with an outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock wants to clinch.
Ybarra misses with an uppercut.
Murdock tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ybarra counters with a left and a right that stings Murdock.
A slapping leg kick lands for Murdock.
Murdock changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Murdock lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ybarra stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Murdock.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ybarra throws a leg kick
and Murdock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice straight punches there by Murdock. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Murdock.
Ybarra fails to land with a series of punches.
Murdock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ybarra's calf.
Good leg kick by Murdock there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ybarra swings widly with a right hand
and Murdock counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ybarra looks winded!
Murdock jabs Ybarra to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Murdock lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Bud Ybarra has been cut.
It looks like Murdock has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Murdock stalks Ybarra and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ybarra's face. Ybarra staggers backwards, shaken.
Murdock lands a jab to the head.
Murdock digs a good body shot into Ybarra's ribs.
A shot to the liver by Murdock. Beautiful body shot.
Ybarra gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murdock.

Ybarra is rocked!

Murdock rushes Ybarra and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ybarra is still on wobbly legs! Can Murdock finish him?

Murdock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murdock throws a leg kick which misses Ybarra's front leg but catches the back leg as Ybarra tries to avoid it.
Ybarra seems to have recovered his senses.
Ybarra has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ybarra there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ybarra throws a left and a right that both miss
and Murdock counters with a nice body shot.
Murdock doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nasty Murdock dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Murdock's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Murdock uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Murdock jabs Ybarra to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Murdock throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ybarra on the side of the head.
Ybarra fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murdock manages to avoid it.
Ybarra throws a low kick but Murdock avoids it.
Murdock lands a lovely overhand right.
Ybarra misses with the combination.
Murdock staying out of range there.
Ybarra swings for the body but Murdock moves out of range.
Ybarra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murdock was well out of range. Poor timing from Ybarra.
Ybarra darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ybarra misses with a hook.
Ybarra misses with a jab to the body
and Murdock counters with a good low kick that Ybarra was not able to check.
Ybarra throws a hook but Murdock avoids it easily.
Murdock lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ybarra is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Murdock.
Bud Ybarra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murdock with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murdock throws out a powerful jab.
Ybarra takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ybarra gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nasty Murdock is winning the standup battle so far.
Ybarra throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Murdock to counter with a crisp jab.
Murdock changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murdock fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Murdock gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Murdock manages to break the clinch.
Whack! Murdock lands a heavy head kick that drops Ybarra. The ref tackles Murdock to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Ybarra was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Nasty Murdock!