PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Borisyuk (ranked 3551 p4p, 4109 weight class) and Willie Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Borisyuk
vs
Murphy

180 cm
25
154
1 - 0 - 0

169 cm
18
154
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Borisyuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Willie Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Borisyuk gets a takedown into half guard.
Murphy wants to control but Borisyuk is keeping busy.
Borisyuk moves nicely into side control.
Borisyuk cracks Murphy with a big right hand but Murphy just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Borisyuk lands a decent elbow from side control.
Murphy takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Borisyuk scores with punches from side control.
Borisyuk trying to control the position but Murphy is working away.
Check out the look on Borisyuk's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Borisyuk happy to just control the position for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Borisyuk has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Borisyuk raining down shots from the mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borisyuk tries to control but Murphy wriggling away.
Borisyuk lands a big elbow.
Murphy tries to hold on but Borisyuk postures up.
Borisyuk connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Borisyuk lands a big elbow.
Murphy is trying to escape the mount.
Murphy is bucking up trying to escape but Borisyuk cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Murphy taking shots to the head.
Borisyuk looking to control but Murphy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borisyuk lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Borisyuk punishing his opponent with strikes.
Borisyuk tries to control but Murphy wriggling away.
Borisyuk scoring with strikes but Murphy is staying in there.
Murphy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Borisyuk. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Borisyuk scoring with strikes but Murphy is staying in there.
Borisyuk is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Borisyuk looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Borisyuk 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.
Murphy taking shots to the head.
Borisyuk controlling the position easily from mount.
Borisyuk lands a nice shot to the head.
Borisyuk looking to finish Murphy with some ground and pound. This is bad for Murphy!
Borisyuk controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borisyuk scoring with strikes but Murphy is staying in there.
Borisyuk is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Murphy is rocked!
Murphy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Murphy is still in real trouble! Can Borisyuk finish him?
Borisyuk landing punches.
Borisyuk lands a big elbow.
Borisyuk trying to control but Murphy is having none of it.
Borisyuk with good strikes from the mount here!
Borisyuk will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Borisyuk! Murphy is hurt baaadly! Borisyuk is firing away with more strikes - Murphy is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fedor Borisyuk!
A very excited looking Fedor Borisyuk made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.