PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blake Justice (ranked 4154 p4p, 554 weight class) and Brian Murphy (ranked 9099 p4p, 812 weight class). Murphy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Róisín Murphy - Primitive. Brian Murphy acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Justice
vs
Murphy

190 cm
27
206 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

188 cm
49
213 lbs
45 - 40 - 2

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Blake Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 45 - 40 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy misses with a head kick.
Murphy throws a leg kick

so Justice counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Murphy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Justice sitting in guard here, content to control.
Murphy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murphy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Justice throwing strikes from guard but Murphy blocks nicely.
Justice in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justice loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Justice controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Justice tries to free his leg and advance position but Murphy is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice passes into half guard.
Justice slows the pace down in half guard.

Justice is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Justice sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Justice's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Justice has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Murphy defend it? Justice steps over the head and cranks it - Murphy is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Justice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Blake Justice!
Brian Murphy was interviewed post fight and said 'Can I still cut it?'.