PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yaden Dhargey (ranked 853 p4p, 1193 weight class) and Cillian Murphy (ranked 120 p4p, 158 weight class). Dhargey's entrance music is Gyallu - Anthem of Tibet. A fine choice. Murphy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Undead kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Cillian Murphy is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Dhargey
vs
Murphy

180 cm
22
170
7 - 1 - 0

186 cm
22
177
6 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Mile High
Shadow-Battle Clothing

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yaden Dhargey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cillian Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Lou da Vinci and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dhargey takes the fight into the clinch.
Dhargey scores with a shoulder strike.
Murphy is looking for a takedown.
A nice left hand lands by Dhargey.
Dhargey prevents a takedown attempt there.
Murphy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yaden Dhargey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cillian Murphy.

Murphy wants the takedown. Dhargey is fighting it off but Murphy persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Dhargey's guard against the cage.

Dhargey working for a triangle but Murphy defends it easily.
Murphy not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dhargey is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Murphy trying to control but Dhargey is working from the bottom.
Dhargey bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Murphy's guard.

Murphy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dhargey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Murphy bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dhargey's guard.

Murphy avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dhargey wants to sweep here but Murphy controlling him for the moment.
Dhargey working a defensive guard here.
Murphy preventing the sweep.
Murphy slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Dhargey is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy trying to control but Dhargey is working from the bottom.
Dhargey wants to sweep here but Murphy controlling him for the moment.
Dhargey can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Murphy controls the pace.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Dhargey escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Murphy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Dhargey had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Murphy defends it easily.
Dhargey is trying to control the position but Murphy postures up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dhargey misses with a looping right.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Murphy shoots in and drives through. Dhargey sprawls well.
Dhargey attempts a counter takedown but Murphy avoids it well and moves away.
Murphy keeps the fight on the outside.
Murphy closes the distance and clinches up with Dhargey, looking for a takedown. Murphy pushes Dhargey against the cage but Dhargey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Murphy fails with the takedown.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yaden Dhargey dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dhargey lands the left hand.
Dhargey stuffs the takedown attempt from Murphy. Murphy gets slowly back to his feet.
Murphy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cillian Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy shoots and misses
and Dhargey counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murphy shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dhargey pinned against the cage. Dhargey gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Yaden Dhargey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cillian Murphy.

Dhargey fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Murphy to the ground. Dhargey is now in Murphy's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy controls Dhargey momentarily but Dhargey frees himself.
Dhargey stands up over Murphy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dhargey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murphy can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.

Murphy isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Dhargey stacks Murphy 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 Dhargey!
Murphy is not content to let Dhargey control the position.
Murphy struggling a bit here.
Murphy is looking to reverse the position.
Dhargey creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dhargey lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Dhargey lands a nice forearm strike.
Murphy wants to control but Dhargey postures up.

Dhargey tries for a kimura but Murphy is defending well.
Murphy is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Ground and pound from Dhargey.
Murphy is trying to get back to full guard.
Dhargey winds up and cracks Murphy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Murphy trying to control from the bottom.
Murphy wants to sweep but Dhargey has passed to side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy struggling a bit here.
Dhargey working the ground and pound.
Dhargey works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
You can see the frustration on Murphy's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Murphy tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Dhargey easily slips into full mount!
Yaden Dhargey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dhargey punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dhargey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dhargey working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dhargey avoids the attempt from Murphy to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Dhargey putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dhargey looking to control but Murphy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dhargey punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dhargey prevents Murphy from getting the reversal.
Dhargey working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Murphy is rocked!
Dhargey unloading with bombs!
Murphy is still in real trouble! Can Dhargey finish him?
Dhargey lands a nice shot to the head.
Murphy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dhargey cracks Murphy with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yaden Dhargey!
Yaden Dhargey thanked the fans post fight for their support.