PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hadr Bari (ranked 1738 p4p, 2878 weight class) and Jimmy Murphy (ranked 247 p4p, 393 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bari
vs
Murphy

185 cm
20
185
4 - 1 - 1

186 cm
21
179
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Conquer

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 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hadr Bari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jimmy Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy throws a hook to the side of Bari's head but Bari sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bari connects with a jab.
A jab from Bari does it's job there.
Murphy throws a jab when Bari was well out of range.
It looked like Bari wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bari misses with a few strikes there.
Murphy throws a jab when Bari was well out of range.
Bari throws a half hearted mid kick.
It seemed like Murphy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
Bari looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Murphy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bari throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murphy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bari was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
Jimmy Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bari misses with an uppercut
and Murphy counters with a nice uppercut.
Bari misses with a hook to the body
and Murphy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bari throws a head kick that misses.
Bari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Bari.
Bari throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy walks into a stiff left hand from Bari.
Murphy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A shot to the liver by Murphy. Beautiful body shot.
Bari keeps Murphy at a distance using the push kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bari misses with a two punch combination.
Murphy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bari punishes Murphy's body with a nice straight punch.
Bari lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bari tries to move into range but Murphy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Murphy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A jab from Bari misses.
Murphy throws a shot from downtown. Bari moves away and avoids it.
Murphy misses with a straight right.
Murphy misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy swings widly with a right hand
and Bari counters with a crisp right that sends Murphy to the canvas! Bari follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hadr Bari!
Hadr Bari decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.