PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herleifr Conchobhar (ranked 2941 p4p, 24528 weight class) and Patrick Murphy (ranked 304 p4p, 587 weight class). Conchobhar comes to the ring accompanied by PTSD. This should be a great matchup!

Conchobhar
vs
Murphy

190 cm
19
265
3 - 2 - 0

189 cm
18
233
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Hot Spunk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herleifr Conchobhar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Patrick Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Lou da Vinci and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy avoids the body shot from Conchobhar.
A big right from Conchobhar misses.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Conchobhar as he jumps to the side.
Murphy misses the jab.

Murphy scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Conchobhar is looking for a sweep.
Conchobhar struggling a bit here.
Murphy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Conchobhar keeps working.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Conchobhar dodges the ground and pound from Murphy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conchobhar tries to improve position but can't.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Conchobhar is trying to control Murphy's posture but Murphy avoids it.
Murphy in side control lands a decent elbow.
Murphy throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Conchobhar takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Murphy lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Conchobhar down.
Murphy in side control, throwing shots but Conchobhar defends.
Conchobhar is not content to let Murphy control the position.
Murphy is putting a hurting on Conchobhar here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Murphy working the head with strikes.
Murphy scores with a couple of short elbows.
Conchobhar is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Murphy in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Murphy looks up at the clock and then as Conchobhar takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Murphy smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Murphy looking to control but instead Conchobhar has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Conchobhar blocking the ground and pound attempt from Murphy.
Conchobhar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Murphy.
Conchobhar is not content to let Murphy control the position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Murphy working his ground and pound in the gym.
Conchobhar is looking for a sweep. Murphy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Murphy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Murphy has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 9:10
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 9:10
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Murphy!