PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Coleman Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Murdock
vs
Coleman Jr

180 cm
35
166 lbs
22 - 11 - 0

176 cm
29
170 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Beaver Jooce!
Cage Star

Cage Star

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matthew Murdock!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Coleman Jr!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coleman Jr takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Matthew Murdock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Murdock pushes Coleman Jr up against the cage in a clinch.
Coleman Jr is trying to pull guard but Murdock has him pressed against the cage.
Murdock comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Coleman Jr pulls guard.

Murdock avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Coleman Jr is pulling down on Murdock's head. It's preventing any offense from Murdock, at least for the moment.
Coleman Jr keeping moving, preventing Murdock from controlling successfully.
Murdock is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Murdock looking to pass the guard.
Coleman Jr looking to hit a scissor sweep but Murdock is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman Jr keeping moving, preventing Murdock from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Matthew Murdock wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Coleman Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murdock fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Murdock throws a sloppy head kick and Coleman Jr moves out of range easily.
Murdock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Coleman Jr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Murdock misses with a body kick.
Murdock throws a hook but Coleman Jr avoids it easily.
Murdock tries a head kick but it misses.
Coleman Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murdock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murdock throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Murdock.

Coleman Jr drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Coleman Jr is looking to advance position but Murdock has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Murdock moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Coleman Jr has worked his arm free - good work by Coleman Jr!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coleman Jr tries to buck Murdock off but Murdock is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Coleman Jr is still trying to improve position.
Coleman Jr regains half guard.
Murdock is keen to just control but Coleman Jr is a slippery customer.
Coleman Jr is looking for a sweep. Murdock is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Coleman Jr is trying is best to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Coleman Jr is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Murdock pulls his head out easily.
Coleman Jr is looking for a sweep. Murdock is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Murdock is keen to just control but Coleman Jr is a slippery customer.
Murdock wants to pass to mount but Coleman Jr is defending the position.
Coleman Jr trying to control here.
Coleman Jr is not content to let Murdock control the position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Coleman Jr wants to get back to full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Matthew Murdock wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Murdock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Matthew Murdock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murdock misses with a head kick.
Murdock is looking to clinch.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr postures up in Murdock's guard and throws a big left but Murdock blocks it.
Coleman Jr is looking to work some ground and pound but Murdock has wrist control.
Coleman Jr throwing strikes from guard but Murdock blocks nicely.
Coleman Jr tries to free his leg and advance position but Murdock is retaining full guard.
Coleman Jr stands and throws Murdock's legs to the side, diving into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Coleman Jr throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mark Coleman Jr will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Murdock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Coleman Jr.
Coleman Jr dives in for a single leg takedown but Murdock sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Coleman Jr tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Murdock lands an elbow inside.
Murdock stops a takedown attempt from Coleman Jr.
Matthew Murdock has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Coleman Jr.

Murdock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murdock tries a head kick but it misses.

Murdock darts in and clinches Coleman Jr up against the cage.

Murdock breaks from the clinch.
Coleman Jr on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Coleman Jr fails with a takedown attempt.
Murdock connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A head kick misses from Murdock.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Murdock looks to score with a jab to the body but Coleman Jr is just out of range.
Murdock throws a head kick that misses.
A solid body kick from Murdock.

Coleman Jr throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Murdock was covering up waiting for the punch and Coleman Jr finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Coleman Jr working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Coleman Jr wants to pass the guard but Murdock is keeping the position.
Coleman Jr postures up in Murdock's guard and throws a big left but Murdock blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock has momentary wrist control but Coleman Jr slips an elbow through the middle.
Coleman Jr working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Murdock's head.
Coleman Jr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murdock controls Coleman Jr momentarily but Coleman Jr frees himself.
Coleman Jr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Coleman Jr missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Coleman Jr tries to free his leg and advance position but Murdock is retaining full guard.
Murdock keeping moving, preventing Coleman Jr from controlling successfully.
Mark Coleman Jr has got the better of the ground game so far.
Coleman Jr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Coleman Jr postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Matthew Murdock just wasn't active enough.
Horrible takedown by Coleman Jr or perhaps it was just good defense by Murdock which made him look bad.
A looping hook to the body misses from Coleman Jr. Murdock does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Murdock scores with a sloppy right hand. Coleman Jr should have avoided that one.

Coleman Jr fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Murdock sprawls well initially but Coleman Jr persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Coleman Jr trying to mount his opponent but Murdock defends it.
Coleman Jr looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Murdock with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coleman Jr trying to control from Murdock's half guard. Murdock has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Coleman Jr advances position into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Coleman Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Coleman Jr closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The strikes coming from Coleman Jr are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Murdock struggling a bit here.
Murdock avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Coleman Jr.

Coleman Jr looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Coleman Jr throws a strike aimed at the side of Murdock's head but Murdock avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman Jr fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Coleman Jr looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Murdock is avoiding damage well.
Murdock manages to get back to half guard.
Coleman Jr is trying to control the action in half guard but Murdock is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Coleman Jr missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Murdock keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Murdock is not content to let Coleman Jr control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr wants to pass the guard but Murdock is defending well.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Mark Coleman Jr.
Coleman Jr blocks the body kick.
Murdock throws a sloppy head kick and Coleman Jr moves out of range easily.
Murdock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Coleman Jr manages to avoid it.
Murdock darts in trying to clinch

and Coleman Jr counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Coleman Jr accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr stands and throws Murdock's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Coleman Jr misses with the ground and pound.
Coleman Jr creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Murdock sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Murdock managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Coleman Jr.
Coleman Jr throws an elbow but Murdock slips to the side and avoids it well.
The ground and pound from Coleman Jr seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Coleman Jr scoring with punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Coleman Jr seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Coleman Jr landing a few strikes.
Coleman Jr in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Coleman Jr lands a nice forearm strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coleman Jr working the ground and pound but Murdock is defending the strikes.
Coleman Jr looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Murdock is avoiding damage well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Coleman Jr is trying to move to mount but Murdock reverses beautifully and ends up in Coleman Jr's guard.
Coleman Jr seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Coleman Jr really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Murdock throws a big shot that misses.

Coleman Jr scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Coleman Jr stops Murdock from getting back to his feet.
Coleman Jr trying to control the action but Murdock is working from the bottom.
Murdock tries to roll over but Coleman Jr keeps him under control.
Coleman Jr thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Murdock avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Coleman Jr.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman Jr wants to pass to mount but Murdock is defending the position.
Coleman Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Murdock is trying to stand.
Coleman Jr not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Coleman Jr looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Coleman Jr is keen to just control but Murdock is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Murdock thows a body shot but no joy.
Murdock throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Coleman Jr.
Coleman Jr has a takedown stuffed.
Murdock throws a head kick that misses

and Coleman Jr counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coleman Jr not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Coleman Jr trying to control the action but Murdock is working from the bottom.
Coleman Jr uses his free foot to push down on Murdock's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Murdock.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Coleman Jr looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Murdock can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Coleman Jr 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.
Coleman Jr with good strikes from the mount here!
Coleman Jr postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Murdock looks a forlorn figure.
The referee warns Murdock that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poor strikes thrown by Coleman Jr there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Murdock is squirming around, avoiding Coleman Jr's attempts to control the action.
Coleman Jr might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Murdock haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Coleman Jr cracks Murdock with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murdock wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Coleman Jr.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Coleman Jr dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Murdock's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A head kick misses from Murdock.
Matthew Murdock is winning the standup battle so far.
Murdock throws a head kick that Coleman Jr semi-blocks.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Coleman Jr is defended easily by Murdock.
Coleman Jr moves out of range as Murdock throws a body kick.
Murdock throws a series of punches but Coleman Jr moves out of range.
Coleman Jr closes the distance and clinches up with Murdock, looking for a takedown. Coleman Jr pushes Murdock against the cage but Murdock circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Murdock.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murdock.
Coleman Jr takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Murdock slaps away a takedown attempt from Coleman Jr, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Matthew Murdock has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Coleman Jr.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Coleman Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murdock throws a head kick that misses.
Coleman Jr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murdock lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Murdock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Coleman Jr takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Coleman Jr feints and as Murdock raises his hands in defense, Coleman Jr changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Coleman Jr accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Coleman Jr trying to control the position from guard on top but Murdock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Murdock avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr throws an elbow that misses. Murdock uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Coleman Jr's guard. Nice move by Murdock!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murdock preventing the sweep.
Murdock wants to control from the top but Coleman Jr keeps moving.
Coleman Jr wants to improve his position but instead Murdock has moved into half guard.
Coleman Jr tries to get to full guard but Murdock has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Murdock's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Murdock's back!

Coleman Jr is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Murdock is defending well though. Coleman Jr let's go of the attempt for now.
Coleman Jr trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Murdock wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Mark Coleman Jr is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Coleman Jr misses with an elbow to the head.
Coleman Jr struggling to land strikes to the head as Murdock covers up.
Coleman Jr controls the action.

Murdock defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Matthew Murdock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Coleman Jr throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mark Coleman Jr.
I've got Coleman Jr 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 45:50
Judge Josh West scores the fight 45:50
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 46:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Coleman Jr!
Mark Coleman Jr is the new welterweight champion!
Mark Coleman Jr decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Matthew Murdock stepped up to the mic, saying 'sorry to team and my fans i will be back .'.