PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cedric Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kelemi Seia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Seia's choice of entrance music: Edwin Starr WAR. Kelemi Seia has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Cedric Murphy's chin.

Murphy
vs
Seia

190 cm
31
215 lbs
30 - 12 - 1

190 cm
38
205 lbs
44 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cedric Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 44 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kelemi Seia!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy takes one on the button.

It looks like Cedric Murphy has been cut.
A big left from Seia misses.
Murphy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Seia moves out of range as Murphy strikes.
A bone on bone clash there as Murphy blocks the leg kick.
Murphy has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Coffee Shop in the buildup to the fight.
Seia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Seia fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Murphy checks it well.
Murphy clobbers Seia with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Murphy rushes Seia and presses him up against the cage.
Seia lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Murphy.
Murphy throws an elbow that misses.
Seia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Seia misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Seia.
Seia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Seia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seia misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Seia.
Seia scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seia pushes Murphy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Seia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murphy misses with a body punch
and Seia counters with a nice low kick that buckles Murphy's knee momentarily.
Murphy throws a right hand that misses
enabling Seia to counter with a crisp jab.
Seia jabs at Murphy's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seia. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy throws the left hand but Seia avoids the punch easily.
Murphy is looking to clinch but Seia is avoiding it.
Seia darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Seia ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Murphy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Seia connects with a jab.
A shot to the liver by Murphy. Beautiful body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Murphy throws a jab but it's blocked by Seia.
Seia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Seia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murphy tries to move into range but Seia moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seia scoring well with a low kick there.
Murphy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Seia is looking to land body kicks.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seia moves away.
Murphy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Seia is out of range.
Seia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Seia connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murphy scrambles back to his feet.
Seia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Murphy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Seia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murphy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Seia lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Murphy lands with a right hand.
Murphy checks a leg kick.
Seia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy with a jab.
Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Seia.
Seia misses the shot to the body.
Murphy throwing a counter right hand but Seia manages to avoid it.
Seia fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Seia stuns Murphy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A clash of legs there as Seia blocks the low kick.
A nice side step and Seia releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Seia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A clash of legs there as Seia blocks the low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Seia.
Murphy lands a nice hook to Seia's body. Seia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Seia is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Seia on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Murphy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murphy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seia.
Seia checks a low kick from Murphy.
A head kick misses from Murphy.
Murphy lands a jab to Seia's midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy throws a head kick that misses
and Seia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Seia takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Seia cracks Murphy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Seia is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Murphy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seia thumps Murphy with a low kick.
Murphy throws a jab but it's blocked by Seia.
Murphy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Seia on the side of the head.
Seia checks a leg kick.
Seia appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Murphy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Both fighters circling a little - Seia finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Seia scores with a hook to the body. Murphy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Murphy swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Murphy motions for Seia to come forward. Murphy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Seia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murphy.
Seia scores with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kelemi Seia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cedric Murphy's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Seia scores with a nice head shot.
Murphy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kelemi Seia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murphy misses with a lunging right hand
and Seia counters with a stiff right hand.
Seia misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Seia bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Murphy's head backwards.
Murphy cracks Seia with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Seia checks the leg kick.
Seia connects with a solid leg kick.
Seia jabs at Murphy's body.
Murphy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Seia counters with a thumping low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Seia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good shot there by Seia.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seia throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murphy clobbers Seia with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Seia clobbers Murphy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Murphy is rocked!

Cedric Murphy's cut is getting worse.
Murphy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Murphy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses.
Seia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Seia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Seia scores with a nice right hand.
Oh Murphy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice body kick there by Seia.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Seia scores with a leg kick.
Murphy seems to have got his legs back now.
Seia lands with a nice body kick.
Seia lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Seia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Seia goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Seia digs a good body shot into Murphy's ribs.
Jab from Seia.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seia changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Murphy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Seia avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Seia ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Seia shapes to counter with a head kick.
Seia throws an overhand right that drops Murphy like a sack of potatoes! Seia dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kelemi Seia!
A victorious Kelemi Seia thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.