PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antoine Milfort (ranked 3067 p4p, 3651 weight class) and Paddy Murphy (ranked 374 p4p, 421 weight class). Milfort comes into the arena with Whiskey Myers - Bar, Guitar and a Honky Tonk Crowd. blaring out of the sound system. Murphy has chosen Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Milfort
vs
Murphy

187 cm
24
196
6 - 5 - 1

185 cm
24
185
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

AVALON

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 6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antoine Milfort!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paddy Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jorge Garcia and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milfort throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy misses with a lunging right hand
and Milfort counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Murphy thinking.
Milfort lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Murphy tries to clinch up.
Milfort is looking to counter punch.
Murphy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Milfort counters with a nice uppercut.
Milfort avoids the head kick by Murphy.
Murphy throws the left hand but Milfort avoids the punch easily.
Milfort dips to his left and cracks Murphy with an uppercut!
Milfort lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Murphy has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Murphy tries to clinch but Milfort is having none of it.
Murphy staying out of range there.
Murphy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Murphy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Milfort counters with a flying knee. Nice.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Milfort lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jab, jab by Murphy - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The fight stays on the outside here - Murphy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Milfort throws a sloppy head kick and Murphy moves out of range easily.
Murphy was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Murphy throws a head kick but Milfort moves out of range.
Murphy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Milfort scores with a body shot.
Murphy is looking to clinch but Milfort is avoiding it.
Milfort avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Milfort closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Milfort just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy throws a sloppy head kick and Milfort moves out of range easily.
Paddy Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Milfort throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Murphy on the side of the head.
Murphy misses with a body punch
letting Milfort counter with a right hand.
Milfort swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Milfort blocks a head kick by Murphy.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milfort cracks a nice hook into Murphy's ribs.
Murphy scores with a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Milfort misses the target.
The crowd cheers as Milfort lands an impressive looking overhand right. Murphy doesn't seem phased though.
Milfort misses with a looping right.
Milfort lands a jab to the head.
Murphy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Milfort throws a head kick that misses.
Murphy scores with a jab to the jaw.

Murphy gets a clinch.
Milfort throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murphys head.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Milfort working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Milfort has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Milfort blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Milfort blocks with his arms.
Milfort throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murphys head.
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
Murphy stalling in the clinch but Milfort improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Milfort fails to land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Murphy throws an elbow but misses.
Milfort lands a right hand.

Milfort breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murphy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Milfort momentarily.
Milfort connects with a body shot.
Murphy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy tries to clinch up but Milfort circles away and keeps his distance.
Milfort feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Milfort sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Milfort jabs at Murphy's body.
Milfort tries to score with a low kick but Murphy moves his leg out of the way.
Milfort throws a nice looking combination but Murphy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Milfort was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Milfort looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Milfort connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Murphy momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milfort uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Murphy has time to react.

Murphy is rocked!
Murphy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Murphy is still on wobbly legs! Can Milfort finish him?
Murphy is aggressively charging in as Milfort backs up avoiding any damage. Milfort tosses out a jab and Murphy runs right into it face first! Murphy is out cold! Milfort dropped down on all fours and is barking in Murphy's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Antoine Milfort!
Antoine Milfort seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.