PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dick Bandit (ranked 4615 p4p, 5832 weight class) and Sean Murphy (ranked 553 p4p, 640 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bandit
vs
Murphy

190 cm
25
186
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
194
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dick Bandit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sean Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bandit misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Bandit scores with a body shot.
Bandit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murphy misses with a two punch combination.
Bandit blocks a leg kick.

Murphy clinches.
Murphy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bandit working aggressively here.
Bandit lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bandit.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bandit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy is pushing Bandit up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bandit takes a shot to the head.
Bandit lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murphy trying to stall but Bandit improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bandit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bandit tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bandit is keeping busy.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bandit swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bandit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bandit misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.
Murphy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murphy.
Bandit lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Bandit lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandit lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bandit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murphy.
Bandit tries to land knees in the clinch but Murphy avoids the damage to the body.
Bandit misses with the head strike.
Murphy avoiding damage as Bandit throws knees to the body.
Bandit throws a head punch that misses.
Bandit landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bandit lands a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bandit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy stalling in the clinch but Bandit improves position.
Murphy stalling against the cage.
Bandit has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Murphy looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right from Bandit.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sean Murphy.
Bandit throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Murphy.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bandit.
Bandit dodges the punch combination from Murphy.
As Murphy backs away, Bandit returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Bandit.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.

Bandit instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bandit misses with a punch to the body.
Bandit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy is trying to stall.
Bandit misses with the head strike.
Bandit lands with a left to the head.

Murphy is rocked!
Bandit landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Murphy is still on wobbly legs! Can Bandit finish him?
Murphy looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bandit creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Murphy with a big uppercut! Murphy tries to clinch up but Bandit pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Murphy to the mat! Murphy covers up and Bandit unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Dick Bandit!