PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between RP McMurphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Decker Dogwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McMurphy comes into the arena with I'm a Solider - Tupac blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McMurphy
vs
Dogwood

196 cm
29
257 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

185 cm
18
285 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Instinct

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, RP McMurphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Decker Dogwood!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Dogwood.
Dogwood scores with a shot to the body.
McMurphy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dogwood doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Dogwood misses with a hook to the body
and McMurphy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McMurphy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dogwood at a distance.
McMurphy defending well as Dogwood loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circling - Dogwood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dogwood throws a big shot that misses.
Decker Dogwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dogwood looks to land a right hand but McMurphy moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McMurphy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McMurphy moves out of range as Dogwood strikes.
Jab from Dogwood.
McMurphy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dogwood looks to throw the jab but McMurphy is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McMurphy misses with an uppercut.
Dogwood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McMurphy appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Dogwood looks to score with a jab to the body but McMurphy is just out of range.
Dogwood misses with a straight left.
Dogwood takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dogwood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dogwood scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
McMurphy blocks a jab.
Dogwood looks to land a left hand but McMurphy moved out of range nicely.
Dogwood throws a lazy uppercut

and McMurphy counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Dogwood!
McMurphy will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dogwood struggling a bit here.
McMurphy grinds an elbow into Dogwood's temple.
Dogwood really doesn't want to stay on the ground with McMurphy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McMurphy is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Dogwood wants to control but McMurphy postures up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dogwood can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dogwood on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Dogwood takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Dogwood is not content to let McMurphy control the position.
Dogwood tries to improve position but can't.
McMurphy lands a decent elbow from side control.
McMurphy tries to move to mount but Dogwood blocks the move with his legs.
Dogwood is trying to control McMurphy's posture but McMurphy avoids it.
Dogwood tries to bench press McMurphy off him but McMurphy keeps the position.
McMurphy slows the pace down.
McMurphy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dogwood keeps working.
Dogwood told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dogwood is looking to work his way out of this bad position but McMurphy is controlling him well.
McMurphy remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
McMurphy lands a nice forearm strike.
McMurphy advances to mount.
McMurphy breaks from Dogwood's wrist control and lands an elbow.
McMurphy putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dogwood wants to try and get back to his feet.
McMurphy lands a big elbow.
McMurphy in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dogwood tries to hold on but McMurphy pushes him away.
McMurphy breaks from Dogwood's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Dogwood takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McMurphy tries to control but Dogwood wriggling away.
Dogwood is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMurphy raining down shots from the mount!
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Dogwood takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
McMurphy breaks from Dogwood's wrist control and lands an elbow.
McMurphy controlling the position easily from mount.
Dogwood can't escape the position.
McMurphy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dogwood is looking to escape.
McMurphy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
McMurphy in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dogwood really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Dogwood is squirming around, avoiding McMurphy's attempts to control the action.
Dogwood is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

RP McMurphy dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

McMurphy scores with a jab.
Dogwood looks to land a left hand but McMurphy moved out of range nicely.
Dogwood is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Dogwood takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dogwood throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McMurphy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McMurphy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dogwood misses the shot to the body.
Dogwood scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McMurphy doesn't seem bothered though.
Dogwood staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dogwood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McMurphy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dogwood.
It looked like McMurphy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dogwood scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dogwood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dogwood throws a lazy head kick

and McMurphy counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Dogwood!
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Dogwood is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Dogwood is trying to control McMurphy's posture but McMurphy avoids it.
Dogwood tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but McMurphy wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dogwood is trying to control McMurphy's posture but McMurphy avoids it.
Dogwood is looking to reverse the position.
McMurphy taking a breather here.
Dogwood is looking for a sweep.
McMurphy is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Dogwood will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McMurphy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dogwood keeps working.
Dogwood is trying to improve his position.
McMurphy 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.
McMurphy content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Dogwood on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
McMurphy landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
McMurphy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dogwood keeps working.
McMurphy moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
McMurphy working the head with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Dogwood taking punishment in the form of punches.
McMurphy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dogwood can do to turn this around?
Dogwood can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dogwood is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Dogwood is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
McMurphy tries to advance to mount but can't.
McMurphy moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
RP McMurphy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McMurphy working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Dogwood takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Dogwood wants to control but McMurphy postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dogwood is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but McMurphy is staying active.
McMurphy scoring with punches and elbows.
Dogwood can't do much from the bottom here.
Dogwood is trying to get back to half guard.
Dogwood is letting McMurphy control him for a moment.
Dogwood tries to buck McMurphy off but McMurphy is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Dogwood's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dogwood takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting McMurphy here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Dogwood is looking to regain half guard here but McMurphy keeps moving and retains side control.
McMurphy working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
McMurphy lands a few punches from side control.
Dogwood taking a bit of punishment here - McMurphy scoring with strikes.

Dogwood is rocked!
Dogwood is breathing heavily.
McMurphy in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Dogwood looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! McMurphy turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). RP McMurphy!
An intense looking RP McMurphy took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Thank you everybody for coming. My opponent, hats off to you, thanks for the great fight, all respect. My coaches and Team Burns helped me so much, thank you. I will continue to shock and inspire nations'.