PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ross Gleeson (ranked 8946 p4p, 659 weight class) and Daniel Murphy (ranked 5136 p4p, 506 weight class). Murphy has chosen Battering Ram - 'Come Out and Fight' Irish Folk as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!

Gleeson
vs
Murphy

179 cm
29
154 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

170 cm
28
153 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ross Gleeson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gleeson scores with a punch to the head.

Murphy changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gleeson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Murphy working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Murphy looks up at the clock and then as Gleeson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Murphy smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Gleeson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Murphy on the ground.

Murphy tries for a kimura but Gleeson is defending well.
Gleeson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Murphy advances to full mount.
Murphy landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gleeson tries to hold on but Murphy pushes him away.
Murphy lands a big shot there that rocks Gleeson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gleeson taking shots to the head.
Murphy lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gleeson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Murphy sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Murphy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
BOOM! Murphy connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Murphy is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Murphy lands a big shot there that rocks Gleeson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Gleeson is rocked!
Gleeson wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Oh Gleeson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Murphy drops a couple of huge strikes from the back position and Gleeson is in real trouble here! Murphy lands more strikes and the referee has to step in to end the fight! Murphy is delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Murphy!
After the fight, Daniel Murphy was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.