PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chryst Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nasty Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nasty Murdock has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Halo
vs
Murdock

183 cm
19
209 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
205 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Milwaukee's Best 160

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chryst Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nasty Murdock!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Murdock.
Murdock will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Halo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Halo misses the shot to the body.
Halo lands with a straight right. Murdock didn't see that one coming.
Murdock connects with a solid leg kick.
Halo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Murdock looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Halo throws a hook but Murdock blocks it.
Murdock moves into range and connects with a jab.
Murdock moves in looking to clinch but Halo pushes him off.
Murdock takes a swing at Halo's ribcage but misses.
Murdock scoring well with a low kick there.
Halo checks the leg kick.
Murdock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nasty Murdock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab lands there for Murdock.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo stalks Murdock and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Murdock's face. Murdock staggers backwards, shaken.
Murdock slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Halo misses with a wild body shot.
Murdock throws a leg kick but Halo moved away.
Halo cracks Murdock with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Nasty Murdock has been cut.
Murdock doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Halo moves out of range as Murdock strikes.
Halo thows a body shot but no joy.
A decent looking cross lands there for Halo.
A low kick from Murdock misses

and Halo counters with a crisp one two that drops Murdock! Halo thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Murdock to his feet! Murdock is in big trouble!

Murdock is rocked!
Halo misses with a lunging right hand
and Murdock counters with an outside leg kick.
Murdock is still on wobbly legs! Can Halo finish him?
A looping hook to the body misses from Halo. Murdock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murdock seems to have recovered his senses.
Murdock walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Halo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock scores with a leg kick.
Murdock swings for the body but Halo moves out of range.
Murdock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Halo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murdock was well out of range. Poor timing from Halo.
Murdock misses with a straight right.
Murdock throws a leg kick but Halo checks it.
Halo throws a lazy right hand but Murdock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murdock ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Halo lands a slapping body shot.
Halo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murdock.
Halo lands with a good body shot.
Murdock just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Halo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murdock moves away.
Halo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Halo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Murdock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Halo misses with a two punch combination.
Halo cracks Murdock with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Murdock misses with a head kick.
Murdock just misses with a punch to the body.
Murdock misses with a hook.
Murdock thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice cross by Murdock.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo ducks under a wild hook from Murdock.
Halo pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Murdock back to the cage. Halo follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Murdock lands the left hand.
Halo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Murdock checks it well.
Murdock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Halo throws a leg kick that misses.
Halo throws a leg kick but Murdock checks it.
Halo throws a hook to the side of Murdock's head but Murdock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murdock delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Halo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Murdock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murdock lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chryst Halo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nasty Murdock's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Murdock throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murdock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Halo throws a jab but it's blocked by Murdock.
Halo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Murdock digs a good hook to Halo's body.
No joy there for Murdock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Murdock tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Halo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murdock swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murdock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Halo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murdock throws a nice head kick!
Halo throws a leg kick that misses.
Halo checks a low kick from Murdock.
Nice jab there from Halo.
Halo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock tries to clinch but Halo moves out of range.
Murdock avoids the body shot from Halo.
Halo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murdock. Murdock obviously looking to wear him down.
Murdock looks to land a combination but Halo avoids it well.
Halo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A leg kick checked by Halo.
Murdock lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Halo.
Halo throws the kick towards the body but Murdock avoids it.
Halo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Murdock is able to avoid easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Halo blocks the leg kick.
Murdock throws out a leg kick but Halo moves out of range and Murdock only half commits.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo cracks Murdock with an open hand slap.
Murdock moves out of range as Halo throws a body kick.
Murdock has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Halo finds it's way round the side to connect with Murdock's head.

That has opened up Nasty Murdock's cut even more.
Murdock misses with a wild body shot.
Halo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murdock.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murdock lands a jab to Halo's midsection.
Halo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Murdock.
Halo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murdock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Halo has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Murdock throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Halo lands with an uppercut that bounces Murdock off the cage and back into range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Halo's calf.
Halo scores with a body shot.
Murdock punishes Halo's body with a nice straight punch.
Halo keeps the fight on the outside.
Some bone on bone action there as Halo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Murdock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Halo.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Halo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Murdock - the referee stops the clock and Halo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Murdock. Halo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Murdock throws a nice head kick!
Halo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Halo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Halo looks to land a left hand but Murdock moved out of range nicely.
Good work by Halo as he checks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo looks to land a body kick but Murdock moved away.
Halo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Halo looks to throw the jab but Murdock is out of range.
Chryst Halo is winning the standup battle so far.
Murdock tries to work over Halo's front leg with a kick but Halo checks it.
Halo throws a body punch but Murdock moves out of range.
Halo throws a chopping leg kick but Murdock manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Murdock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Donk. Murdock catches Halo right on the button with a cross.
Murdock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murdock has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murdock throws the kick towards the body but Halo avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Nasty Murdock will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Nasty Murdock's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Halo throws a leg kick
and Murdock counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Murdock keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Halo lands the left hand.
Halo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murdock moves away.
Halo swings for the body but Murdock moves out of range.
Halo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murdock can pounce on him.
Murdock wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Murdock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murdock connects with an inside leg kick.
Murdock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab by Murdock.
A swing and a miss from Halo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Halo avoids the body shot from Murdock.
Halo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murdock manages to avoid it.
Halo has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Murdock.
Halo lands with a nice body punch.
A swing and a miss from Halo.
Murdock cracks Halo with an open hand slap.
Halo slips under a jab.
Murdock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Halo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murdock.
Halo lands the left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Murdock.
Murdock feints and then cracks Halo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Halo down.
Halo ducks under a wild hook from Murdock.
Halo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murdock lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Murdock turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Halo misses with a right hand
and Murdock counters with a body kick.
Murdock scores with a jab.
Murdock takes a swing at Halo's ribcage but misses.
Halo lands a glancing blow to the side of Murdock's head.
Murdock blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Halo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Halo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Murdock throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Halo on the side of the head.
Murdock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murdock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murdock.
Murdock throws a nice inside leg kick.
Murdock connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Murdock fakes the leg kick and cracks Halo in the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Murdock as he connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock connects with a leg kick. Halo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Murdock misses the jab.
Halo looks to land a body kick but Murdock moved away.
Murdock connects with a solid leg kick.
Good leg kick by Murdock there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Halo.
Murdock ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Murdock fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Halo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murdock throws a body punch but Halo moves out of range.
Murdock misses with a jab, cross combination.
Halo misses the shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nasty Murdock comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Murdock has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a draw!