PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cedric Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raphael Bowie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Murphy
vs
Bowie

190 cm
29
215 lbs
24 - 8 - 1

195 cm
38
210 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 24 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cedric Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raphael Bowie!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crunch! Murphy slams his shin into Bowie's torso.
Bowie misses with a low kick.
Sloppy strikes from Murphy. Those never looked like landing.
Bowie throws a body kick that misses.
Murphy moves forwards but Bowie connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Bowie has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Bowie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Bowie moved away.
Bowie pushes Murphy away with a front kick.
Bowie looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Murphy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bowie.
Murphy misses with a straight left.
Raphael Bowie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Murphy rushes Bowie and presses him up against the cage.
Bowie lands a hook that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.

Bowie breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bowie lands a nice looking body kick.
Bowie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Bowie clobbers Murphy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bowie misses with a looping left.
Bowie misses with a two punch combination.
Bowie fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Murphy checks it well.
Murphy connects with the punch.

It looks like Raphael Bowie has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowie throws a leg kick but Murphy moved away.
Bowie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bowie throws a solid leg kick but Murphy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bowie.
An attempted straight right counter from Murphy misses the target.
Bowie tries to land a body kick
and Murphy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bowie checks the leg kick.
Bowie takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Bowie throws a body shot but no joy.
Murphy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bowie.
Bowie misses with an uppercut
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sloppy strikes from Bowie. Those never looked like landing.
Bowie ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Bowie does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Murphy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bowie gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Murphy misses with a hook. Bowie ducked under it nicely.
Bowie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bowie will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Murphy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bowie circles away quickly and effectively.
Murphy jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Murphy, as that shot connected.
Murphy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Bowie is rocked!
Murphy scores with a leg kick.
Bowie is still on wobbly legs! Can Murphy finish him?
Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bowie misses with a hook.
Bowie seems to have recovered his senses.
Bowie throws a low kick but Murphy avoids it.
Murphy seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Murphy gets a clinch.

Murphy breaks from the clinch.
Murphy with a hook.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Bowie.
Murphy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
An attempted straight right counter from Murphy misses the target.
Bowie stuns Murphy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fighters circling - Murphy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murphy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Murphy looks to land a body kick but Bowie moved away.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Bowie is just out of range.
Bowie lands a really nice looking cross but Murphy seems unphased.
Bowie fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Murphy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
An inside leg kick from Bowie misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Bowie misses with a wild body shot.
Bowie throws out a leg kick but Murphy moves out of range and Bowie only half commits.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Bowie is just out of range.
Murphy throws an overhand right that lands on Bowie's shoulder, as Bowie tries to avoid the shot.
Bowie connects with a body shot that sends Murphy's belly button to the back.
Bowie missing with a left hand there. Murphy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murphy connects with a solid leg kick.
Bowie throws a looping overhand right but Murphy ducks down to avoid it.
Bowie will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Murphy moves away from the strike by Bowie.
Murphy throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bowie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murphy circles away quickly and effectively.
Murphy throws a chopping leg kick but Bowie manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Some bone on bone action there as Murphy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bowie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Bowie throws a sloppy head kick and Murphy moves out of range easily.
Bowie throws a head kick that misses.
Bowie misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a nice looking combination but Bowie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bowie throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Murphy lands a head shot.
Bowie fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Murphy checks it well.

Murphy darts in and clinches Bowie up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Murphy.
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
Murphy misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Murphy on the inside.
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but Bowie avoids the damage to the body.
Bowie misses with a punch on the inside.
Murphy is leaning against Bowie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murphy scores with a shot to the side of Bowie's head.
Murphy controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bowie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Bowie - that landed with a thud.
Bowie misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cedric Murphy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raphael Bowie's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bowie connects with a jab.
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
Some wild striking there from Bowie.
Bowie jabs Murphy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Murphy connects with a solid leg kick.
Murphy thumps Bowie with a low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Bowie checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Murphy throws a head kick that half lands.
A jab from Bowie misses.
Bowie tried to score with a low kick but Murphy checks it.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Bowie checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bowie.
Murphy appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Murphy lands a head kick. Bowie smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Murphy misses with a looping right.
Murphy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bowie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Murphy instigates a clinch.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murphys head.
Bowie managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Cedric Murphy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Murphy stalling against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Murphy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bowie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Bowie breaks the clinch.
Bowie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A swing and a miss from Bowie.
Bowie closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Cedric Murphy has been cut.
Good exchange - Bowie coming out on top.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Bowie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bowie is looking to score with low kicks.
Murphy scores with a shot to the body.
Murphy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bowie manages to avoid it.
Bowie tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Murphy clinches with his opponent.
Bowie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bowie is breathing heavily.
Murphy lands with a left to the head.
Murphy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murphy lands with a right to the head.
Murphy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Murphy breaks the clinch.
Murphy throws a hook to the side of Bowie's head but Bowie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bowie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Bowie swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Bowie gets tackled into the cage by Murphy. Murphy maintains the clinch.
Murphy tries to work over Bowie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murphy scores with a shot to the side of Bowie's head.

Murphy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bowie throws a lazy right hand but Murphy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bowie looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Bowie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murphy checks a low kick from Bowie.
A quick step to the side and Murphy tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy lands with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bowie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Murphy drops Bowie with a big left hand! Bowie is injured, injured bad! Murphy jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cedric Murphy!
Cedric Murphy thanked the fans post fight for their support.