PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between DropKick Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ulf Ek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Warrior's Code. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Murphy
vs
Ek

194 cm
23
223 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

190 cm
23
209 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, DropKick Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ulf Ek!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ek swats away the attempt to clinch by Murphy.
Ek looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice sprawl there from Murphy as Ek shoots in.
Murphy connects with a looping right hand.
Murphy has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Murphy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Ek does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ek is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Murphy misses with a body shot

and Ek decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Murphy's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Ek keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Murphy's head.
My spies in Academy of Arse Whoopers inform me that Ek has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Ek keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Murphy's head.
Ek is in close to Murphy's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ek seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Ek stopping the sweep attempt from Murphy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ek sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ek is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ek not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ek with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ek not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ek is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ek is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ek prevents Murphy from getting back to his feet.
Ek scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ek's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is looking to stand up but Ek isn't so interested in that idea.
Ek in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ek with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Murphy is rocked!

Ek drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ek jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ek's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ek landing some decent shots from guard.
Oh Murphy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ek scoring with some ground and pound.
Ek postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Murphy covers up, he's hurt! Ek keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Ek and the ref steps in to end the fight! Ek can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ulf Ek!
Ulf Ek thanked the fans post fight for their support.
DropKick Murphy was interviewed post fight and said 'That was a wicked pisser.'.