PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between El Misterioso Damballah (ranked 441 p4p, 63 weight class) and Tobias Murphy (ranked 343 p4p, 51 weight class). El Misterioso Damballah had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Misterioso Damballah
vs
Murphy

179 cm
30
180 lbs
18 - 20 - 0

179 cm
24
170 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter
Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, El Misterioso Damballah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tobias Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damballah on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A slapping body kick lands there for Murphy.
Murphy lands a leg kick that knocks Damballah off balance momentarily.
Damballah tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Murphy counters with a right hand to the body.
Murphy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Damballah if he has to take too many more of those.
Murphy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Damballah ducks right into an uppercut from Murphy.
Murphy digs a good body shot into Damballah's ribs.

Damballah closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Damballah avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the cage.
Murphy is leaning against Damballah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Murphy.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Damballah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
Murphy avoiding damage as Damballah throws knees to the body.
Damballah misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy tries to work over Damballah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Murphy - that landed with a thud.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Damballah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Damballah blocking some punches.
Damballah stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Murphy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy scores with a hook to the body.

Damballah pulls guard successfully.

Damballah working for a triangle but Murphy defends it easily.

Damballah isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Murphy stacks Damballah on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Murphy!
Damballah tries to improve position but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy has control of an arm but Damballah manages to advance to Murphy's back!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Damballah.

Murphy defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Damballah's arms.
Damballah thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Murphy covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Damballah seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Damballah thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Murphy finds himself mounted whilst avoiding strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damballah wants to control the pace but Murphy is squirming around nicely.
Damballah looking to ground and pound but Murphy is blocking nicely.
Murphy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Damballah wants to control the action but instead Murphy gets a body lock and reverses into Damballah's guard! Nice work!
Damballah wants to sweep here but Murphy controlling him for the moment.
Murphy sitting in guard here, content to control.
Damballah is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Damballah throws his legs up looking for a submission but Murphy uses it to pass to side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damballah tries to bench press Murphy off him but Murphy keeps the position.
Damballah looks to move to half guard but instead Murphy has passed into mount! Damn!
Damballah is in all sorts of trouble here.
Murphy content just to control the position here.
Murphy tries to control but Damballah wriggling away.
Murphy controlling his opponent.
Damballah is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tobias Murphy dominated that round.
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.

Damballah moves in looking to clinch but Murphy pushes him off.
Murphy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tobias Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Damballah moves away.
Murphy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Damballah has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Murphy misses with a lunging right hand
letting Damballah counter with a right hand.
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Murphy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Damballah.
Murphy misses with a hook
and Damballah counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Murphy lands a nice looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Murphy.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Murphy clobbers Damballah with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Murphy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Damballah looks to land a right hand but Murphy moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damballah scores with a jab to the jaw.
Murphy looks to throw the jab but Damballah is out of range.
Damballah looks for a takedown but Murphy sprawls well.
Murphy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murphy lands a really nice looking cross but Damballah seems unphased.
Damballah connects with a good right hand that stumbles Murphy. Murphy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Murphy works Damballah's body with a nice hook.
Murphy lands with a nice body punch.
Murphy defending well as Damballah loads up on a big left hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Murphy.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Murphy, right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy scores with a leg kick.
Damballah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murphy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Damballah checks a low kick from Murphy.
Damballah was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Damballah scores with a nice head shot.
Murphy connects with a leg kick. Damballah looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Murphy misses with a looping right.
Damballah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Damballah.
Murphy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Damballah looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Murphy is fending him off so far but Damballah persists. Nope, Murphy circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice uppercut there from Murphy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damballah tries to bum rush Murphy with a series of wild strikes but Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Damballah was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
Murphy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Murphy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Damballah counters with a nice body shot.
Damballah shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Murphy defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for El Misterioso Damballah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murphy.
Damballah takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Damballah sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damballah throws a series of punches but Murphy avoids them all with ease.
Nice uppercut lands for Murphy. That snapped Damballah's head back.
Damballah has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murphy.
Murphy throws a hook but Damballah blocks it.

Damballah shoots in and gets a takedown into Murphy's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy wants to stand but Damballah is controlling the position.
Damballah throwing strikes but missing.
Murphy controlling Damballah's posture.
Murphy keeping moving, preventing Damballah from controlling successfully.
Damballah looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tobias Murphy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Murphy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A big left from Damballah misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Murphy.
Murphy tests Damballah's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Damballah stalks Murphy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Murphy's face. Murphy staggers backwards, shaken.
Murphy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Murphy wants it to stay on the feet.
Murphy scores with a leg kick.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Damballah.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Damballah takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Left hook, right uppercut from Damballah.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy scores with a nice body kick.
Damballah fails with the takedown
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damballah looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Damballah takes a jab right on the kisser.
A jab from Murphy finds it's way through Damballah's defenses.
Murphy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murphy. That's going to slow Damballah down.
Murphy throws a leg kick which misses Damballah's front leg but catches the back leg as Damballah tries to avoid it.
Murphy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tobias Murphy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murphy misses with a jab to the body
and Damballah counters with a nice uppercut.
Murphy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Damballah's sensitive parts.
Damballah changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Murphy tries to avoid it but Damballah manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Murphy to the ground. Murphy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for El Misterioso Damballah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphy lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damballah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murphy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murphy lunges at Damballah with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Damballah's hand.
Murphy plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Murphy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murphy with a nice cross.
Damballah tries to clinch up.
Murphy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Murphy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Murphy. Damballah shrugs it off though.
Damballah throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy connects with a looping right hand.
Damballah loads up on a big right hand but Murphy slips the punch.
Murphy appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy scores with a push kick.
A big right from Murphy misses.
Damballah fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murphy throws a push kick but Damballah slaps the foot to one side.
Murphy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murphy connects with an inside leg kick.
Murphy scoring well with a low kick there.
Damballah is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Murphy throws a front kick aimed at Damballah's knee but Damballah avoids it well.
Murphy throws a low kick but Damballah avoids it.
Damballah appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Murphy. That snapped Damballah's head back.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Damballah moves away.
Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tobias Murphy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws out a powerful jab.
Damballah will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Murphy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Murphy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Murphy takes a swing at Damballah's ribcage but misses.
Murphy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Murphy throws a front kick that sends Damballah stumbling back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab, jab by Damballah - just one landing.
Murphy digs a good body shot into Damballah's ribs.
That kick from Murphy tenderised Damballah's leg. Damballah is trying to keep his angry face on.
Murphy scores with a spinning back kick!
Damballah lands an overhand right.
El Misterioso Damballah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Murphy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Damballah tries to counter by clinching up but Murphy breaks away and moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tobias Murphy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Murphy 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tobias Murphy!
Tobias Murphy decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.