PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denton Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedric Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daley comes to the cage accompanied by Heathens- Twenty One Pilots. Denton Daley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Daley
vs
Murphy

190 cm
35
200 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

190 cm
33
215 lbs
30 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Lion Fightwear

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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Denton Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Cedric Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy connects with a high kick.
Cedric Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daley sizes up Murphy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Daley thuds a left hand into Murphy's body.
Murphy with a jab.
Good exchange - Murphy coming out on top.

It looks like Denton Daley has been cut.
Daley gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murphy.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Daley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Murphy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Daley's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daley blocks a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Murphy misses the target.
Daley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Murphy on the side of the head.

It looks like Cedric Murphy has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Murphy has Daley up against the cage in a clinch.
Murphy lands a knee to the body.
Daley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Daley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Murphy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Daley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Daley misses with the head strike.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Daley stalls.
Daley can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
Daley stalling.
Murphy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Murphy.
Daley swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murphy.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Murphy breaks from the clinch.
Daley takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Murphy.
A head kick from Murphy lands but Daley takes it in his stride.
Daley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murphy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Daley steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Murphy. That one must have hurt.
A head kick from Murphy lands but Daley takes it in his stride.
Jab, jab by Murphy - just one landing.

Denton Daley's cut is getting worse.
Daley moves forwards but Murphy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Murphy connects with the punch.
Daley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A shot to the liver by Murphy. Beautiful body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daley avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Murphy dodges the punch combination from Daley.
Daley walks into a left hand.
Daley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Daley with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Murphy to score with a decent uppercut.
Daley sizes up Murphy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy tries to clinch but Daley is having none of it.
Sloppy strikes from Daley. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Murphy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Murphy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Daley circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Daley to counter with a crisp jab.
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 head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice uppercut lands for Daley. That snapped Murphy's head back.
Daley throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Daley was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy misses with a looping left.
Daley slips under a jab from Murphy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cedric Murphy dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Murphy lands a glancing blow to the side of Daley's head.

Daley gets tackled into the cage by Murphy. Murphy maintains the clinch.
Daley stalling in the clinch but Murphy improves position.
A short uppercut from Murphy.
Murphy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
Daley blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.
Daley is working Murphy over against the cage.
Murphy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Daley or not.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Daley wants to stall.
Murphy lands a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Daley.
Daley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Denton Daley's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Murphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by Murphy.
Cedric Murphy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murphy presses Daley against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Daley misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daley blocks it with crossed arms.
Murphy working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Murphy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murphy feints a jab and as Daley dips his head, Murphy unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Daley right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Daley falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Murphy smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Cedric Murphy!
Cedric Murphy decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.