PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Shogun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hazel Murphi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shogun
vs
Murphi

182 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Shogun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hazel Murphi!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphi misses with a wild body shot.
Shogun fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mauricio Shogun seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shogun circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murphi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shogun avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Murphi keeps the fight on the outside.
Murphi looks to score with a jab to the body but Shogun is just out of range.
Shogun blocks a head kick by Murphi.
Murphi is looking to clinch but Shogun is avoiding it.
Murphi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shogun paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shogun throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shogun changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Murphi tries to avoid it but Shogun manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Murphi to the ground. Murphi escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Murphi moves in looking to clinch but Shogun pushes him off.
Murphi misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shogun shoots in looking for a takedown. Murphi tries to sprawl out of it but Shogun keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Murphi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Murphi throws a sloppy head kick and Shogun moves out of range easily.
Shogun looks to land a combination but Murphi avoids it well.
Murphi pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shogun throws a right and a left that Murphi avoids nicely.
Shogun is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murphi wants to clinch up but Shogun keeps it at a distance.
Murphi keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Murphi.
Shogun keeps the fight on the outside.
Murphi lands a head kick. Shogun smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Murphi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shogun shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Murphi as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mauricio Shogun. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shogun.
The fight stays on the outside here - Murphi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Murphi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Shogun as Murphi shoots in.
Shogun blocks a head kick by Murphi.
Shogun throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Murphi scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Shogun is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shogun is looking to escape.
Murphi looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Murphi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Shogun defending well though.
Murphi performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Shogun avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Murphi.
Murphi looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Murphi not doing much here.
Murphi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphi wants to stand but Shogun has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Murphi with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Shogun is trying to stand.
Shogun is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Murphi throws a head kick that misses.
Murphi tries to clinch there but Shogun circles away.
Murphi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murphi misses with a head kick.
Murphi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Shogun.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Shogun fails with the takedown.

Murphi drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Murphi stands up and beckons Shogun to his feet.
Shogun slips a straight right by Murphi.
Shogun tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murphi tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Shogun counters with a nice body kick.
Murphi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shogun paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murphi tries to clinch up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Shogun.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Shogun.
Shogun avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hazel Murphi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Murphi moves in looking to clinch but Shogun pushes him off.
Murphi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Murphi.
Murphi lands with a slapping head kick.
Shogun uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphi.
Shogun avoids a kick to the body.
Murphi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shogun fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shogun is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murphi throws a head kick that half lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shogun closes the distance and clinches up with Murphi, looking for a takedown. Shogun pushes Murphi against the cage but Murphi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shogun tries to clinch up but Murphi circles away and keeps his distance.
Shogun lands a two punch combo.
Shogun tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shogun will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Shogun avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shogun.
Shogun closes the distance and clinches up with Murphi, looking for a takedown. Shogun pushes Murphi against the cage but Murphi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mauricio Shogun. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphi fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - Murphi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murphi throws a head kick that Shogun semi-blocks.
Murphi is looking to clinch.
Mauricio Shogun is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murphi wants to clinch but Shogun slips to the side

and Shogun counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Murphi tries to land a knee to the head but Shogun blocks with his arms.
Murphi stops a takedown attempt from Shogun.
Murphi wants to break free but Shogun has control.
Murphi tries to land knees in the clinch but Shogun avoids the damage to the body.
Shogun gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Murphi.
Shogun wants a takedown.
Murphi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Murphi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Murphi takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphi has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Shogun is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Shogun pulls guard effortlessly.

Murphi stands up from Shogun's guard - Murphi perhaps looking for a knockout.
Murphi chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Shogun gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Murphi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Murphi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Shogun is working for takedown but Murphi is calmly controlling the position for now.
Shogun is trying to stall.
Murphi is trying to break free.
Murphi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shogun fails to pull guard.
Shogun keeps control of Murphi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Murphi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Shogun tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Murphi smiles and moves away.
Murphi fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphi wants to clinch.
Shogun is looking to clinch.
Shogun tries to clinch but Murphi is having none of it.
Murphi throws a head kick that misses.
Shogun avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murphi throws a head kick but Shogun moves out of range.
Shogun chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Shogun misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Murphi.
Shogun tries to clinch but Murphi moves out of range.
Murphi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Shogun tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murphi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shogun doesn't manage to clinch there - Murphi circles away.
Shogun tries to clinch up.
Murphi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Horrible takedown by Shogun or perhaps it was just good defense by Murphi which made him look bad.
Murphi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Murphi tries to clinch there but Shogun circles away.
Murphi tries to clinch up.
Shogun shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Murphi as he avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murphi. That's going to slow Shogun down.
Murphi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shogun's sensitive parts.
Murphi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Horrible takedown by Shogun or perhaps it was just good defense by Murphi which made him look bad.
Murphi doesn't manage to clinch there - Shogun circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hazel Murphi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Shogun's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Shogun tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Murphi moves into the clinch.

Shogun drags the fight down to the ground.
Murphi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Shogun works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Murphi controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Murphi tries to stand but Shogun is controlling from the bottom.

Shogun has his foot on Murphi's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Murphi works his way back into a safe position though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphi won't allow Shogun to sweep him here.

Murphi stands up from Shogun's guard - Murphi perhaps looking for a knockout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Murphi closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Murphi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Shogun. 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 one minute gone in the round.
Shogun is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murphi slows the pace down in half guard.
Murphi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Murphi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Murphi sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Shogun is looking to control Murphi's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Shogun avoid being mounted?
Murphi stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shogun is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Murphi's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Murphi's back!
I really don't envy Murphi right now.

Shogun has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Even with his hooks in, Shogun manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Murphi is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Murphi rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Shogun is trying to control the action in half guard but Murphi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Murphi missing with punches from the bottom.

Murphi makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Nice takedown defense from Murphi. No joy for Shogun on that attempt.
Shogun looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Murphi is fending him off so far but Shogun persists. Nope, Murphi circles away and we're back to standing.
Shogun keeps the fight on the outside.
Murphi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shogun.
Murphi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shogun swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Murphi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shogun misses with a low kick.
Murphi shoots in but Shogun avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Shogun misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hazel Murphi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Murphi 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight for Hazel Murphi!
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight for Hazel Murphi!
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Hazel Murphi!

Hazel Murphi wins by unanimous decision!