PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Pat Barry (ranked 2950 p4p, 291 weight class) and Michael Murdock (ranked 1427 p4p, 153 weight class). Barry comes to the ring accompanied by Sweet Dreams. Pat Barry had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Barry
vs
Murdock

182 cm
44
166 lbs
34 - 16 - 1

175 cm
27
164 lbs
14 - 13 - 0

World class boxer
Very quick

World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Sully's Bar & Grill
Dauntless

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Pat Barry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Murdock!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Barry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Murdock has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Barry is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Murdock throws a leg kick but Barry sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Barry rushes Murdock and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Barry tries to land a knee to the head but Murdock blocks with his arms.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murdock.

Murdock breaks the clinch.
Murdock lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Murdock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Barry has taken the fight to the clinch.

Murdock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Murdock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murdock will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Barry is looking for a counter combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murdock swats away the attempt to clinch by Barry.
Murdock throws a fast counter high kick but Barry manages to duck under it in time.
Murdock circles away from the clinch attempt.

Barry gets a clinch.
Murdock tries to work over Barry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barry prevents a body shot from Murdock.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Barry throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Murdock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barry moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Barry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murdock moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Barry gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Barry definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Barry with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Murdock avoids the elbow strike from Barry, against the ropes.
Barry pushes off an throws an elbow but Murdock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

Murdock breaks from the clinch.
Barry takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Barry wants to clinch.
Barry moves to clinch but Murdock breaks away
and Murdock finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Murdock thumps Barry with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A good leg kick by Murdock.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock lands with an uppercut that bounces Barry off the ropes and back into range.
Murdock thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Barry if he has to take too many more of those.
Barry wants to clinch.
Murdock lands a nice looking body kick.
Barry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Murdock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murdock replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Barry blocks it well.
Barry tries to clinch but Murdock moves away
and Murdock counters with a body kick.
Barry moves in looking to clinch but Murdock pushes him off.
Barry wants to clinch
and Murdock counters with a leg kick.
Barry wants to clinch up but Murdock keeps it at a distance.
Murdock avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barry is looking to clinch but Murdock is avoiding it.
Murdock throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Murdock dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Murdock lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Murdock presses Barry against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A hook to the body from Murdock.
Murdock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murdock looking to stall.
Murdock tries to throw a body punch but Barry avoids it by throwing Murdock back against the ropes.
Barry misses with a knee strike.
A body shot lands from Murdock.
Murdock holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Barry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barry tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Murdock taking a breather.
Murdock wants to stall.
Murdock is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Barry misses with an elbow over the top.
Murdock can't find room to land a body shot as Barry controls the action.
Barry misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barry pushes off an throws an elbow but Murdock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Murdock misses with a punch to the body.
Barry pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Murdock trying to control the position but instead, Barry has worked for underhooks and has pushed Murdock into the ropes.
Murdock lands with a right to the head.
Barry misses with a knee strike.
Murdock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barry or not.

Murdock breaks from the clinch.
Barry tries to clinch up.
Pat Barry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barry tries to clinch up but Murdock circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice body kick from Murdock.
Pat Barry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barry tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Murdock manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barry is looking to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Barry 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Barry tries to clinch but Murdock is having none of it.
Barry backing away here, and Murdock unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Barry avoids a kick to the body.
Michael Murdock seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murdock fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Barry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barry takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Murdock has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murdock replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Barry blocks it well.
Murdock lands with a nice body kick.
Barry darts in trying to clinch
and Murdock counters with a good, hard body kick but Barry shrugs it off.

Barry gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Murdock blocks an elbow strike from Barry.
A knee to the head by Barry.
Come on Murdock - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Barry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Murdock has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Murdock breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Murdock showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

The fight stays on the outside here - Barry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Murdock throws a sloppy head kick and Barry moves out of range easily.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Barry clinches.
Murdock avoids the elbow strike from Barry, against the ropes.
Barry misses with a knee to the head.
Barry with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A right hand to the body from Murdock.
Barry looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barry tries to land a knee to the head but Murdock blocks with his arms.
Murdock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barry with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murdock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barry tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barry throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barry creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Murdock's defenses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murdock.
Murdock trying to control the position but instead, Barry has worked for underhooks and has pushed Murdock into the ropes.
Murdock is working Barry over against the ropes.
Pat Barry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Murdock.
Murdock dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.

Murdock manages to break the clinch.
Murdock explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Barry tries to clinch up but Murdock circles away and keeps his distance.
Barry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Murdock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murdock throws a nice outside leg kick.
Barry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murdock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barry looks to clinch
and Murdock counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Barry is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Murdock circles away from the clinch attempt

and Murdock counters with a big 3 punch combo that drops Barry on his ass! Barry wobbles back to his feet half way through the count and though looking a bit dazed, the referee is going to allow the fight to continue!

Barry is rocked!
Murdock keeps the fight on the outside.
Barry backing away here, and Murdock unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Barry is looking to clinch.
Murdock scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body kick from Murdock.
Murdock lands a leg kick that knocks Barry off balance momentarily.
Murdock circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barry closes the distance but Murdock moves to the side
and Murdock counters with an outside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Murdock, right into the meat.
Barry doesn't manage to clinch there - Murdock circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Murdock tries a quick counter leg kick but Barry is wise to it.
Murdock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barry. That did some damage!
Murdock lands a head kick!
Barry doesn't manage to clinch there - Murdock circles away.
Murdock throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Michael Murdock is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Barry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barry falls off balance throwing a combination
and Murdock makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Murdock comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Murdock winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 26:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Murdock!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Michael Murdock made sure he mentioned Sully's Bar & Grill, along with how happy he was to win his fight.