PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Esposito comes into the arena with Sukh Knight blaring out of the sound system. Murphy has chosen Game of Thrones - The Rains of Castamere as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. John Esposito has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Esposito
vs
Murphy

195 cm
45
285 lbs
37 - 24 - 0

150 cm
24
300 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Esposito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy tries to clinch up.

Murphy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Esposito misses with a body punch.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Esposito.
Murphy lands with a short shot to the head.

It looks like John Esposito has been cut.
Esposito blocking some punches.
A short left from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Esposito.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Esposito lands a right hand.

It looks like Joe Murphy has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murphy.
Esposito blocks an uppercut.
Esposito controlling the action here for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Esposito taking a breather.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Esposito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Esposito seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Murphy can turn it around.
Esposito throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Esposito lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Esposito.
Murphy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Esposito lands a right hand that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Esposito.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Esposito.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Murphy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Esposito lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Esposito trying to stall but Murphy improves his position.
Esposito content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Murphy lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Esposito scores with a nice hook to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murphy.
Murphy lands with a short shot to the head.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Esposito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Esposito lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Esposito.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Esposito wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Esposito is looking to control Murphy's arms but Murphy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Esposito has his back to the cage.
Esposito wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Esposito wants to get back to striking at distance but Murphy won't allow it.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Esposito lands with a left to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Esposito.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Esposito.
Esposito is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Murphy is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito stalling in the clinch but Murphy improves position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Murphy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Esposito backwards.

John Esposito's cut is getting worse.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Murphy.
Esposito tries to circle away but Murphy has him pinned against the cage.
Esposito misses with a body punch.
Murphy pushes Esposito back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Esposito doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Esposito fails to land.
Esposito stalling in the clinch.
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Esposito backwards.
Esposito lands with a right to the head.
Murphy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Esposito is breathing heavily.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Esposito breaks from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slow jab from Esposito misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Murphy gets a clinch.
Esposito misses with the head strike.
Esposito misses with some punches.
Esposito working aggressively here.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Murphy gets through Esposito's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Murphy drops Esposito onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Esposito is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

John Esposito's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murphy.
Murphy dips a shoulder and cracks Esposito with a mighty uppercut! Esposito falls back against the cage and Murphy unloads with a barrage of strikes! Esposito is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Murphy screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Murphy!
A very excited looking Joe Murphy rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.