PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corbin Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escobar comes to the cage accompanied by KoRn En Vivo Mtv. Murphy has chosen I'm Shipping Up To Boston as his entrance music. Corbin Murphy will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Escobar
vs
Murphy

160 cm
30
142 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

178 cm
33
156 lbs
17 - 5 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pablo Escobar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Corbin Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Murphy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Escobar ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Escobar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Escobar.
Murphy has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Escobar is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Murphy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Escobar scores with a takedown into Murphy's guard.
Escobar controlling from the top position.
Escobar wants to control from the top but Murphy keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Murphy is controlling Escobar's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Murphy keeping full guard, as Escobar tries to pass.
Escobar trying to control but Murphy is working from the bottom.
Escobar works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Escobar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Still in half guard, Escobar seems content to control.
Escobar tries to pass to full mount but Murphy defends it.
Escobar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Murphy keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is trying to get back to full guard.
Murphy is refusing to be controlled, as Escobar sits in half guard.
Escobar uses his free foot to push down on Murphy's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Murphy.
Escobar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Murphy blocking the ground and pound.
Escobar wants to control the pace but Murphy is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar punching from mount but Murphy doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Murphy manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Murphy, under a barage of strikes from Escobar.
Escobar works his way into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Escobar is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Murphy has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Murphy!
Escobar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Murphy manages to get himself to full guard.

Escobar works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Escobar thows a huge punch but Murphy dodges it nicely.
Escobar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Escobar stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Escobar dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Murphy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Escobar misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Murphy! But no joy.
Murphy lands a body shot.
Escobar misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Escobar clobbers Murphy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escobar moves away.
Escobar takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Murphy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Escobar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Escobar dives in and scores a takedown into Murphy's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Escobar preventing the sweep.
Escobar wants to control from the top but Murphy keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Escobar advances position into side control!
Escobar in side control, throwing shots but Murphy defends.
Murphy dodges the ground and pound from Escobar.
Escobar wants to control but Murphy is keeping him busy.

Escobar is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Murphy has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar wants to control for a moment but Murphy uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Escobar wants to take a breather but Murphy is having none of it.
Escobar is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Murphy is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Escobar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murphy can do to turn this around?
Escobar seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Escobar working over Murphy with some ground and pound. Murphy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pablo Escobar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar wants to control but Murphy is keeping him busy.
Escobar trying to control the pace.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Murphy fails to land with a series of punches.
Escobar appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Escobar connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Murphy momentarily.
Escobar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Escobar thuds a left hand into Murphy's body.
Murphy blocks a leg kick.
Despite the aggression on Murphy's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Escobar blocks a jab.
Murphy is looking to clinch.

Murphy takes the fight into the clinch.
Escobar tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Murphy just stands there and leans against the cage.
Murphy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murphy dodges an elbow strike from Escobar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Murphy just stands there and leans against the cage.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Escobar.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar.
Murphy lands a shoulder strike.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Escobar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Murphy blocks a body shot from Escobar.
Murphy tries to work over Escobar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Escobar blocks an uppercut.
Murphy dodges an elbow strike from Escobar.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Escobar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Pablo Escobar will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Escobar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Escobar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Murphy kicks off Escobar and gets to his feet.
Murphy tries to clinch up but Escobar circles away and keeps his distance.
Escobar throwing a counter right hand but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Escobar throws a nice looking combination but Murphy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Escobar finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Escobar lands a nice shot that snaps Murphy's head back.
Sloppy strikes from Murphy. Those never looked like landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar lands a nice looking body shot.
Escobar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A jab from Murphy misses.
The fighters circling - Murphy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Escobar.
Escobar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Escobar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy throws a jab but it's blocked by Escobar.
Escobar throws a body shot but no joy.
Escobar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murphy.
Murphy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Escobar.
Nice body punch from Escobar.
Escobar defending well as Murphy loads up on a big left hand.
Escobar half committed to a counter leg kick.
Murphy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Escobar eats them both and turns towards Murphy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Murphy misses with a few strikes there.
Murphy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Escobar with a lazy takedown attempt
and Murphy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Escobar avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Escobar throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.

Escobar shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Escobar is keen to just control but Murphy is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Escobar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Murphy is not content to let Escobar control the position.

Escobar is trying to work for a kimura but Murphy is defending well.
Escobar frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is trying to escape the mount.
Murphy sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Escobar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Murphy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Escobar.
Escobar looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Murphy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Escobar.
Escobar is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Murphy!
Escobar controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar prevents Murphy from getting the reversal.
Escobar wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Escobar looking to control and managing it successfully.
Escobar wants to control the pace but Murphy is squirming around nicely.
Escobar looking to finish with strikes here!
Poor strikes thrown by Escobar there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Pablo Escobar did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nice uppercut lands for Escobar. That snapped Murphy's head back.

Murphy takes the fight into the clinch.
Murphy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Escobar tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Escobar back against the cage.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar.
Escobar wants a takedown.
Murphy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Escobar.
Knees to the body from Murphy.

Murphy is fighting off a takedown attempt but Escobar is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Murphy to the mat. Murphy regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy pulls Escobar in close to prevent any damage.
Murphy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Escobar trying to control the position from guard on top but Murphy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar trying to move into half guard but instead Murphy has managed to sweep!
Escobar wants to sweep here but Murphy controlling him for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Escobar swings away with a body shot that misses
and Murphy counters with a stiff right hand.
Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Murphy is looking to clinch.
Escobar shoots in looking for a takedown but Murphy manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Escobar's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pablo Escobar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Escobar.
Escobar swats away the attempt to clinch by Murphy.
Murphy throws an off balance right hand
and Escobar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A shot to the body from Escobar misses
and Murphy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Escobar scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Escobar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Escobar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Escobar closes this distance looking for a takedown but Murphy circles away.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Horrible takedown attempt by Escobar or perhaps it was just good defense by Murphy, which made it look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Murphy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Escobar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Murphy throws a jab but it's blocked by Escobar.
Pablo Escobar is winning the standup battle so far.
Murphy digs a good hook to Escobar's body.
Escobar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Murphy throws a hook but Escobar blocks it.
Escobar closes this distance looking for a takedown but Murphy circles away.
Escobar scores with a nice right hand.
Escobar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Escobar.
Escobar ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Escobar is looking to counter punch.
Escobar shoots in but Murphy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Murphy wants to counter the offense by Escobar and move into the clinch position.
Escobar scores with a nice strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Escobar fails with the takedown.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Escobar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escobar throws a chopping leg kick but Murphy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A swing and a miss from Escobar.
Escobar throws the left hand but Murphy avoids the punch easily.
Murphy tries to counter with a clinch but Escobar shakes him off and moves away.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escobar was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
Murphy moves out of range of the body kick from Escobar.
Murphy looks to land a left hand but Escobar moved out of range nicely.
It looks like Escobar has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Escobar.
Escobar misses with an uppercut.
Murphy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Escobar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Escobar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
Murphy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Pablo Escobar will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Murphy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Murphy scores with a jab to the head.
Escobar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Escobar works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Escobar swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Escobar lands an overhand right.
Escobar throws a low kick but Murphy avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar lands with an uppercut that bounces Murphy off the cage and back into range.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Escobar is just out of range.
Escobar feinted with a counter takedown.
Murphy tests Escobar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Escobar throws a shot from downtown. Murphy moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Murphy lands.
Escobar tries a low kick but Murphy avoids it.
Murphy throws out a counter right but Escobar avoids it with no problem.
Murphy looks to land a left hand but Escobar moved out of range nicely.
Murphy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Escobar to score with a decent uppercut.
Escobar misses with a looping right.
Murphy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Escobar.
Escobar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A left and a right from Escobar both land. Nice combination.
Murphy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Escobar swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Murphy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Escobar throws a good cross that connects.
Escobar cracks Murphy with a good jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy throws an overhand right that lands on Escobar's shoulder, as Escobar tries to avoid the shot.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Escobar is just out of range.
Murphy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Corbin Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murphy loads up on a big right hand but Escobar slips the punch.
Murphy sizes up Escobar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Escobar swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy throws an overhand right that lands on Escobar's shoulder, as Escobar tries to avoid the shot.
Murphy throws a right hand that Escobar ducks under and follows up with a left that Escobar also avoids with ease.
Murphy throws a lazy right hand but Escobar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy dodges the punch combination from Escobar.
Escobar stuns Murphy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Escobar moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Escobar tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escobar scores with a hook to the body. Murphy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar misses with a body shot.
Murphy checks the leg kick.
Escobar throws a big shot that misses.
Murphy misses with a right hand
and Escobar counters with a stiff right hand.
Escobar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Escobar on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Escobar tries to work over Murphy's front leg with a kick but Murphy checks it.
Good standup being displayed there by Escobar as he connects with a hook.
Murphy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Escobar throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Corbin Murphy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Escobar misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Murphy misses with a right hand
letting Escobar counter with a right hand.
Pablo Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Murphy misses.
Escobar throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy lands with an uppercut that bounces Escobar off the cage and back into range.

Escobar is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy punishes Escobar's body with a nice straight punch.
Oh Escobar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Murphy lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Escobar falls backwards - clearly groggy! Murphy dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Corbin Murphy! Corbin Murphy retains his featherweight title!
A very excited looking Corbin Murphy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.