PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Finnish Experiment Il (ranked 9235 p4p, 497 weight class) and Eliah Murphy (ranked 2450 p4p, 224 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Experiment Il
vs
Murphy

175 cm
23
148 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

169 cm
23
149 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Finnish Experiment Il!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eliah Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Experiment Il definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nice uppercut there from Murphy.
Good exchange - Experiment Il coming out on top.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Experiment Il just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Murphy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Experiment Il is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murphy.
Experiment Il misses with a straight left.
Murphy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Murphy looks to throw the jab but Experiment Il is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Experiment Il.
Murphy has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A big left from Experiment Il misses.
Murphy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Experiment Il.
Murphy misses with a right hand
letting Experiment Il counter with a right hand.
Experiment Il ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Experiment Il lands a really nice looking cross but Murphy seems unphased.
Murphy throws an overhand right that lands on Experiment Il's shoulder, as Experiment Il tries to avoid the shot.
Experiment Il tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Experiment Il.
Nice defenses there by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il loads up on a big right hand but Murphy slips the punch.
A little jabbing left from Murphy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Experiment Il feints and then cracks Murphy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Murphy down.
Experiment Il throws a series of punches but Murphy avoids them all with ease.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il takes one on the button.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Experiment Il smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Experiment Il connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murphy scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Experiment Il waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
Murphy lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Murphy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Experiment Il pushes Murphy away with a front kick.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il misses with a straight left.
Experiment Il lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il lands a jab to the head.

Experiment Il has Murphy up against the cage in a clinch.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Experiment Il misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Experiment Il uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Experiment Il tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murphy avoids it.
Experiment Il swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Experiment Il manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Experiment Il's elbow.
Experiment Il tries to land a knee to the head but Murphy blocks with his arms.
Experiment Il connects with a knee to the head.
Murphy misses with a body punch.
Experiment Il tries to land knees in the clinch but Murphy avoids the damage to the body.

Experiment Il breaks the clinch.
Experiment Il slips a jab and a cross from Murphy.
Experiment Il wants to slow Murphy down by chopping away at his legs.
Murphy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Experiment Il misses with an uppercut.
Murphy scores with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
An attempted straight right counter from Experiment Il misses the target.
Eliah Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Experiment Il misses.
Murphy misses with a hook
and Experiment Il counters with a stiff right hand.
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 connects with a right hand. Experiment Il shakes it off.
Experiment Il cracks Murphy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Experiment Il throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Experiment Il moves out of range of the strikes.
Experiment Il appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Murphy lands a right hook to the body.
Murphy misses with a body punch
enabling Experiment Il to counter with a crisp jab.
Experiment Il throws a series of punches but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy throws out a counter right but Experiment Il avoids it with no problem.
Experiment Il takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy looks to throw the jab but Experiment Il is out of range.
Experiment Il turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Experiment Il staying out of range there.
As Murphy backs away, Experiment Il returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Finnish Experiment Il dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Murphy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Experiment Il looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Experiment Il ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As Murphy looks to move away, Experiment Il throws a big counter combo but Murphy just gets out of the way.
Experiment Il throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Murphy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Murphy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice cross by Murphy.

Experiment Il gets a clinch.
Experiment Il just leaning against Murphy, taking a breather.
A short body shot lands from Murphy as the two fighters clinch.
Murphy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Experiment Il is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murphy can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Experiment Il avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the cage.
Experiment Il trying to land knees to the body.
Murphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Experiment Il breaks the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Experiment Il lands with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment Il takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murphy misses with a two punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Experiment Il.
Murphy throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Finnish Experiment Il has been cut.

Experiment Il gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Experiment Il looking to throw knees to the head but Murphy is blocking nicely.
Murphy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Experiment Il manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Experiment Il effectively controlling the action here.
Experiment Il gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Murphy avoiding damage as Experiment Il throws knees to the body.

Experiment Il breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy throws a jab when Experiment Il was well out of range.
Murphy looks to land a right hand but Experiment Il moved out of range.
Murphy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Experiment Il. Experiment Il obviously looking to wear him down.
Experiment Il doesn't manage to clinch there - Murphy circles away.
Nice cross by Murphy.
Experiment Il connects with a leg kick. Murphy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Murphy slips a straight right by Experiment Il.
Murphy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Experiment Il counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Experiment Il throws a hook but Murphy avoids it easily.
Murphy throws a looping overhand right but Experiment Il ducks down to avoid it.
Experiment Il appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Murphy scores with a jab.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Murphy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Experiment Il counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murphy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Experiment Il counters with a straight right hand.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Murphy misses with a looping left.
Experiment Il is looking to clinch.
Murphy swings for the body but Experiment Il moves out of range.
Murphy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Murphy misses the jab.
Experiment Il connects with a good right hand that stumbles Murphy. Murphy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Murphy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Murphy is rocked!
Murphy throws a hook but Experiment Il avoids it easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Murphy is still on wobbly legs! Can Experiment Il finish him?
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
Experiment Il fires out a quick counter leg kick but Murphy just manages to avoid it.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Experiment Il.
Murphy seems to have recovered his senses.
Finnish Experiment Il is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Experiment Il was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murphy looks to land a right hand but Experiment Il moved out of range.
Murphy throws a sloppy body shot
and Murphy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Experiment Il looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murphy throws a lazy uppercut
and Experiment Il counters with a straight right hand.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy misses with a straight right.
Experiment Il gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murphy.
Nice defenses there by Experiment Il.
Murphy throws a shot from downtown. Experiment Il moves away and avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Experiment Il misses the target.
Murphy throws a poor cross that misses
and Experiment Il counters with a nice leg kick.
Experiment Il scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
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 Finnish Experiment Il will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Finnish Experiment Il's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Experiment Il looks to land a body kick but Murphy moved away.
A countering left hand to the body from Murphy misses.
Experiment Il ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Experiment Il looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Experiment Il's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Experiment Il duly obliges.
Experiment Il throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Murphy misses.
Murphy cracks Experiment Il with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Experiment Il.
Murphy scores with a body shot.
Murphy connects with a body shot that sends Experiment Il's belly button to the back.
Murphy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A leg kick checked by Murphy.
Murphy moves out of range as Experiment Il throws a body kick.
Murphy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy takes a swing at Experiment Il's ribcage but misses.
Murphy moves out of range of the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment Il with a jab.
Experiment Il avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Experiment Il lands with a kick to the ribs.
Murphy looks to land a right hand but Experiment Il moved out of range.
Experiment Il was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Experiment Il uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
A combination from Murphy does no damage.
Experiment Il is looking for a counter combo.
Experiment Il swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Experiment Il ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Experiment Il shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Murphy throws out a counter right but Experiment Il avoids it with no problem.
A jab from Murphy does it's job there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Murphy.
Experiment Il slips a jab from Murphy.
Experiment Il lands with a cross.
Eliah Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murphy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A combination from Murphy does no damage.
Experiment Il was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Murphy misses with a right hand
and Experiment Il counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Experiment Il waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
Experiment Il throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Experiment Il pushes Murphy up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
Experiment Il looking to throw knees to the head but Murphy is blocking nicely.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Experiment Il uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Experiment Il taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Experiment Il backwards.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Murphy misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murphy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murphy misses with a body punch.
Finnish Experiment Il is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Experiment Il blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Experiment Il connects with a knee to the head.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy lands a right hand.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries a body shot but Experiment Il blocks it.
Experiment Il blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy being controlled against the cage.
Murphy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Experiment Il blocking some punches.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Experiment Il.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Experiment Il blocks an uppercut.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Eliah Murphy.
Well Experiment Il has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Finnish Experiment Il!