PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zeus Leonidas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Murphy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Game of Thrones - The Rains of Castamere. Zeus Leonidas will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Murphy
vs
Leonidas

150 cm
24
300 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

195 cm
25
265 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition
GREEN!160

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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zeus Leonidas!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Murphy closes the distance and clinches.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Leonidas.
Leonidas pushes Murphy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Joe Murphy has been cut.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Leonidas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Leonidas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leonidas swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Leonidas fails to land.
Leonidas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Leonidas.
Leonidas pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Leonidas.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Leonidas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy prevents a body shot from Leonidas.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Leonidas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Still in the clinch, Murphy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Leonidas's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Leonidas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Leonidas blocking some punches.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Leonidas blocks an uppercut.
Murphy lands with a short shot to the head.
Leonidas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Leonidas is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Leonidas.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Leonidas is working for takedown but Murphy is calmly controlling the position for now.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Leonidas presses Murphy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Leonidas is working Murphy over against the cage.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leonidas.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Leonidas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Leonidas.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Leonidas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Leonidas tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Leonidas lands with a left to the head.
Leonidas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Leonidas lands with a short shot to the head.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Leonidas.
Leonidas blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas blocks an uppercut.
Leonidas blocks an uppercut.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Leonidas.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Leonidas taking a breather.
Leonidas working aggressively here.
Murphy scores with a shot to the side of Leonidas's head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Leonidas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Leonidas tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Leonidas.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Leonidas stalling.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leonidas struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Leonidas.
Still in the clinch, Leonidas scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leonidas.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Leonidas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy prevents a takedown attempt there.
Joe Murphy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zeus Leonidas.
Leonidas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Leonidas taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Leonidas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

It looks like Zeus Leonidas has been cut.
Leonidas lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Leonidas.
Leonidas lands a nice uppercut.

Joe Murphy's cut is getting worse.
Leonidas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Leonidas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Murphy dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Leonidas tests Murphy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murphy closes the distance but Leonidas moves to the side
and Leonidas scores with a counter punch that sends Murphy to the canvas! Leonidas smells blood - he's punishing Murphy with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Murphy has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zeus Leonidas!
An out of breath Zeus Leonidas thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Joe Murphy spoke after the fight, saying 'Ha-ha-ha!!!'.