PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Murphy (ranked 1459 p4p, 5597 weight class) and Bloodsport Unknown (ranked 187 p4p, 559 weight class). Murphy comes to the cage accompanied by The Black Keys - Little Black Submarines . Bloodsport Unknown told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Murphy
vs
Unknown

189 cm
23
233
9 - 5 - 0

188 cm
26
255
5 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Powerful

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Patrick Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bloodsport Unknown!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Unknown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murphy seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Unknown tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Murphy tries to counter with a takedown but Unknown is quick to defend against it.
Unknown tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Murphy lands with a shot to the body.
Unknown tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murphy throws a jab but it's blocked by Unknown.
Murphy circles away from the clinch attempt.

Murphy shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Unknown's guard.
Unknown is looking to stand back up but Murphy counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Unknown.

Murphy looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Unknown is looking to improve his position.
Murphy stops Unknown from getting back to his feet.
Murphy working Unknown over with strikes.
Murphy moves into full mount! Unknown won't be happy about that!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Unknown is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Unknown regains half guard.
Murphy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Unknown is looking to improve his position.
Murphy scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Unknown looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Unknown is looking to get back to is feet but Murphy passes into side control.
Murphy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Unknown is looking to regain half guard here but Murphy keeps moving and retains side control.
Murphy has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Unknown!
Unknown tries to reverse the position but Murphy maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Unknown keeps trying to improve his position.
Murphy raining down hammerfists from mount.
Murphy cracks Unknown with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Murphy landing shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy controlling from the full mount.
Murphy is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Unknown is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Murphy has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Unknown's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy controlling from mount.
Murphy raining down shots from the mount!
Unknown in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Murphy looking to control but Unknown is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Unknown is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Murphy connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Unknown wants to control but Murphy is having none of it.
Murphy tries to control but Unknown wriggling away.
A nice elbow there by Murphy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Unknown really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Murphy landing strikes, looking to finish!
Unknown is squirming around, avoiding Murphy's attempts to control the action.
Unknown is trying desperately to improve position.
Unknown regains half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Unknown moves into full guard.
Murphy stands up over Unknown, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Murphy is in close to Unknown's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Murphy dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Unknown misses with a looping left.
A shot to the liver by Murphy. Beautiful body shot.
Unknown fails to land the takedown.
Murphy keeps the fight on the outside.
Murphy moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Bloodsport Unknown has been cut.
Unknown uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a two punch combination.
Murphy's corner calls for a 1-2. Murphy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Murphy thuds his right hand into Unknown's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A jab from Unknown misses.

Unknown clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Unknown obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy wants to stall.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murphy being controlled against the cage.

Murphy tightens his grip and picks Unknown up, before dumping him to the ground. Unknown manages to land in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy preventing the sweep.
Murphy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Murphy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Unknown's guard.
Unknown wants to get back to his feet.
Murphy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Unknown with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Murphy is keen to just control but Unknown is a slippery customer.
Murphy working over Unknown with some ground and pound. Unknown looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Unknown taking some punishment here, with Murphy in his half guard.
Unknown is looking to control Murphy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Unknown avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Unknown is trying to stand back up but Murphy is controlling him
Murphy winds up and cracks Unknown with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Unknown slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Unknown is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Murphy defends well.
Murphy works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Unknown wants to control but Murphy is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Patrick Murphy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Murphy controlling the action here.
Murphy seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Unknown for as long as he can get away with.
Murphy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Unknown can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy passes the guard and advances to mount!
Murphy lands a couple of good shots and Unknown has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Murphy has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Unknown's body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Unknown tries to escape but Murphy has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Unknown staying busy and making it hard for Murphy to control.
Can Unknown hold on?! Murphy is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Unknown wants to get back to his feet.
Murphy lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Murphy is punishing Unknown with some ground and pound.
Murphy slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Murphy not allowing Unknown to control his hands.
Murphy lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Murphy has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Unknown.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy is landing with strikes. Unknown can't take much more of this.
Murphy scores with strikes from the back.
Murphy controls the action.
Unknown turns into Murphy and is now in his guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Murphy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bloodsport Unknown's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A lazy left from Murphy finds it's target.

Murphy closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Unknown to the mat! Unknown manages to get full guard.
Murphy sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Murphy prevents Unknown from getting back to his feet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Unknown is on top in guard.

Unknown wants to control from the top but Murphy keeps moving.
Murphy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Unknown works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Murphy is defending against the submission attempts here by Unknown.
Unknown thows a huge punch but Murphy dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy is doing well to control the position and prevent Unknown from advancing to side control.
Murphy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Unknown.

Unknown looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Murphy is defending against the submission attempts here by Unknown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Murphy is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Unknown's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Unknown's back!
Murphy keeps control of the position as Unknown tries to break free.
The referee is taking a good look at Unknown as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Murphy!
Unknown covers up after that shot from Murphy.
Murphy is not going to allow Unknown to sit and survive in this position.
Murphy scores with punches and elbows.
Unknown trying to get back to his feet but Murphy is in full control for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy keeps control of the position as Unknown tries to break free.
Murphy scores with punches and elbows.
Murphy is punishing Unknown with strikes - can he finish him?!
Murphy is landing with strikes from the back.
Murphy loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Unknown hold on?

Unknown is rocked!
Good control from Murphy.
Unknown is still in real trouble! Can Murphy finish him?
Unknown trying to control the hands but Murphy breaks the grip.
Unknown is trapped and Murphy is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Murphy lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Unknown.
Unknown tries to escape but Murphy has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Murphy cracks Unknown with a big right hand from the back mount! Unknown immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Murphy takes this one by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrick Murphy!
Patrick Murphy decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.