PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cruz White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedric Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White's entrance music is ASAP Ferg - Dump Dump. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

White
vs
Murphy

193 cm
27
209 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

190 cm
34
215 lbs
31 - 19 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cruz White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Cedric Murphy!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White lands a right hook to the body.
Murphy looks to land a right hand but White moved out of range.
Murphy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
White fires out a quick counter leg kick but Murphy just manages to avoid it.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White missing with a left hand there. Murphy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
White definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
White takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
White changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Murphy misses with a leg kick
and White counters with an inside leg kick.
White swings away with a body shot that misses
and Murphy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Murphy clinches up against the cage.
Murphy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
White stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White misses with some punches.
White digs a right hand into Murphy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Murphy's gas tank.
White tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing White back against the cage.
White tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
White lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White lands a nice uppercut.

White manages to break the clinch.
Murphy avoids a kick to the body.
Murphy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
White throwing a counter right hand but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract White.
White throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
White throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
White slips a straight right by Murphy.
White throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Murphy throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
White walks into a jab.
Murphy lunges at White with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by White's hand.
White bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Murphy's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
White is looking to counter punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for White.
Murphy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
White pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murphy was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
White lands a jab.
White swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
White goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Murphy swings for the body but White moves out of range.
White tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Murphy is able to avoid easily.
Murphy doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murphy connects with a good right hand that stumbles White. White circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
White misses with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a slapping leg kick.
White defending well as Murphy loads up on a big left hand.
White will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Murphy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Murphy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands with a right hand.
White scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Murphy throws a chopping leg kick but White manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Murphy throws a leg kick but White checks it.
Murphy throws a good cross that connects.
White scores with a hook.
Murphy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murphy throws a low kick but White avoids it.
White appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
White looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
White swings away with a leg kick that misses.
White throws a lazy right hand but Murphy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
White dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murphy. That did some damage!
White takes one on the chin but seems OK.
White throws a lazy uppercut
and Murphy counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Murphy swings for the body but White moves out of range.
Murphy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by White. White obviously looking to wear him down.
Murphy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
White tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That kick from Murphy tenderised White's leg. White is trying to keep his angry face on.
A big right from Murphy misses.
Murphy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Murphy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
Murphy tries to clinch but White moves out of range.

Murphy moves into the clinch.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by White.
White lands a hook that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Murphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cruz White will probably get the nod.
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.

White connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murphy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
White with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murphy wants to clinch but White slips to the side
and White makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
White lands a nice leg kick that just misses Murphy's sensitive parts.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
White throws a half hearted mid kick.
White thows a leg kick but Murphy checks it
and Murphy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
An attempted straight right counter from White misses the target.
Murphy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by White.
White scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
White punishes Murphy's body with a nice straight punch.
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!
White lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
White dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murphy. That did some damage!
Murphy blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Murphy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. White doesn't seem bothered though.
Murphy connects with a solid leg kick.
White swings widly with a right hand
and Murphy counters with an inside leg kick.
Murphy stuns White with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
White misses with a low kick.
White thows a leg kick but Murphy checks it
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
White throws a poor cross that misses
and Murphy counters with a right hand to the body.
Murphy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Murphy misses with a lunging right hand
and White counters with a low kick, right behind Murphy 's knee.
White misses with a kick to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Murphy! But no joy.
White has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from White there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Murphy throws a right hand that misses
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!

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.

White moves into range and clinches up with Murphy.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, White creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for White.
White has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Murphy blocks a body shot from White.

White breaks from the clinch.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
White throws a push kick but Murphy slaps the foot to one side.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
White tries to land a leg kick but Murphy saw it coming and moves away.
White scores with a body shot.
Murphy throws a body kick that misses.
White throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Murphy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

White pushes Murphy up against the cage in a clinch.

White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
White wants to clinch but Murphy slips to the side
and Murphy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murphy keeps the fight on the outside.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Cedric Murphy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murphy.
White throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
White lands a nice hook to Murphy's body. Murphy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
White scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murphy doesn't seem bothered though.
Murphy is looking to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for White.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Murphy connects with a leg kick. White looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
White throws a leg kick but Murphy checks it.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
White fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Murphy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Murphy throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
White staying out of range there.
White throws a front kick that sends Murphy stumbling back into the cage.
Murphy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from White.
Nice body punch from Murphy.
White has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A low kick from White misses
and Murphy counters with a low kick, right behind White 's knee.
Murphy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches White on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Cruz White will probably get the nod.
That's time! White's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

White checks the leg kick nicely there.
White throws a low kick but it's checked well by Murphy.
White walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Murphy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
White tried to score with a low kick but Murphy checks it.
White connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murphy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
White fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Murphy is out of range.
White takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Murphy misses with a low kick.
It looked like White wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A jab from White does it's job there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
White misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Murphy counters with a nice low kick that buckles White's knee momentarily.
Murphy lands a head shot.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for White, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
White darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
White misses with a leg kick
and Murphy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Murphy wants to clinch up but White keeps it at a distance.
Good work by Murphy as he checks the leg kick.
A low kick from Murphy is predictable there
and White counters with a straight right hand.
White looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Murphy misses with a looping right.
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Murphy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jab from White.
Murphy misses with a straight left.
A jab from Murphy finds it's way through White's defenses.

That's two 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 hard body shot but it just misses.
White misses with a wild combination.
White tests Murphy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
White takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murphy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
White finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
White swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
White pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
White fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Murphy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
White misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands a leg kick that knocks White off balance momentarily.
Murphy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Murphy throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
Murphy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murphy throws a low kick but White avoids it.
White scores with a jab. Murphy acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A jab from Murphy misses.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
White takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Murphy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Murphy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murphy looks to land a right hand but White moved out of range.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

White closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Murphy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, White scores with a nice short uppercut.
White misses with some punches.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
White misses with some punches.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
White misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Murphy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
White lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murphy misses with a body punch.
Murphy misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, White creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Cedric Murphy has been cut.
White working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.
Cedric Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White misses with a short punch on the inside.
White lands with a right to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Cruz White.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for White, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Cruz White!
Cruz White made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Was that enough of a challenge for you?'.
The defeated Cedric Murphy had this to say: 'fuck off... i am the best. next time i will kick his head off..'.