PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Ado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy comes to the cage accompanied by Hot Rod. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Murphy
vs
Ado

183 cm
21
191 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

188 cm
27
186 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Brandon Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Ado!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ado clinches.
Ado is trying to drag Murphy to the mat but Murphy just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ado is looking to take this one to the mat.
Murphy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ado.
Brandon Murphy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Ado.
Murphy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Murphy is trying to break the clinch but Ado has him pressed against the cage.
Murphy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ado.
Ado has Murphy pressed against the cage, preventing Murphy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Murphy can't break the clinch.
Murphy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ado.
Ado goes for a takedown attempt but Murphy pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Tom Ado seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ado fails with the takedown
and Murphy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ado looks winded!
Murphy lands with a nice combination. Ado backs away looking to recover.
Ado tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murphy seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ado avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murphy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murphy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Murphy tries to clinch there but Ado circles away.
A countering left hand to the body from Ado misses.
Ado misses with a takedown
and Murphy scores with a counter punch that sends Ado to the canvas! Murphy smells blood - he's punishing Ado with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Ado has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brandon Murphy!
A very excited looking Brandon Murphy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.