PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paddy Murphy (ranked 2258 p4p, 2383 weight class) and Stryder Yuri (ranked 285 p4p, 299 weight class). Murphy comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murphy
vs
Yuri

185 cm
25
185
7 - 8 - 0

189 cm
25
199
5 - 5 - 0

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Dangerous knees
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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 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paddy Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stryder Yuri!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Eddie Farnsworth and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yuri lands a nice looking body shot.
Murphy misses with a head kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Murphy.
Yuri looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice body punch from Yuri.
Murphy throws a head kick but Yuri moves out of range.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses.
It seemed like Yuri was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've been hearing reports that Murphy has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Murphy lands a nice hook to Yuri's body. Yuri takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yuri let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Murphy tries to clinch there but Yuri circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yuri just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy misses the jab.
Yuri misses with a wild body shot.
Yuri's coach down at Thunder Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Yuri's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Murphy is looking to land body kicks.
Yuri now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Murphy misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy wants to land a leg kick but Yuri is out of range.
Paddy Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab lands there for Murphy.
Murphy throws a sloppy head kick
and Murphy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murphy wants to slow Yuri down by chopping away at his legs.
Yuri appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Yuri lands a nice hook to Murphy's body. Murphy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Murphy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yuri! But no joy.
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
Decent striking displayed by Yuri there.
Murphy wants to clinch up but Yuri keeps it at a distance.
Murphy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Murphy tries to clinch up but Yuri circles away and keeps his distance.
Yuri misses with a straight left.
A big left from Murphy misses.
Yuri sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Yuri counter with a right hand.
Murphy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Yuri manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy tries to clinch but Yuri is having none of it.
Murphy lands a head kick!

It looks like Stryder Yuri has been cut.
Yuri walks into a jab.
Murphy throws a body kick that misses
and Yuri counters with a nice body shot.
Murphy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yuri at a distance.
Yuri ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murphy is looking to wear down Yuri with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Yuri checks a leg kick.
Yuri throws out a counter right but Murphy avoids it with no problem.
Yuri keeps the fight on the outside.
Yuri swats away the attempt to clinch by Murphy.
Yuri takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A countering left hand to the body from Yuri misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Murphy lands a leg kick that knocks Yuri off balance momentarily.
Murphy closes the distance but Yuri moves to the side
and Yuri counters with a straight right hand.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yuri.
Yuri looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Murphy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yuri moves away.
Yuri lands a right hook to the body.
Murphy tries to clinch there but Yuri circles away.
Yuri doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Murphy moves in looking to clinch but Yuri pushes him off.
Yuri avoids the head kick by Murphy.
Murphy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Murphy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murphy swings for the body but Yuri moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murphy motions for Yuri to come forward. Murphy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yuri scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yuri.
Yuri throws out a counter right but Murphy avoids it with no problem.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy throws a jab but it's blocked by Yuri.
Yuri doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Murphy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Yuri misses the shot to the body.
Murphy misses with a low kick.
Yuri let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Murphy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Yuri tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As Yuri looks to move away, Murphy throws a big counter combo but Yuri just gets out of the way.
Yuri avoids a punch combination nicely.

Murphy pushes Yuri up against the cage in a clinch.
Murphy pushes off an throws an elbow but Yuri leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Paddy Murphy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Stryder Yuri's cut.
That's time! Murphy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Yuri lands with a cross.
Yuri drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Yuri is just out of range.
Yuri is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Murphy with a body shot.
An inside leg kick from Murphy misses.
Yuri now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Murphy tries to clinch up
and Yuri connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. Yuri moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Murphy! Yuri continues to tee off on Murphy, landing with a left and a right! Yuri connects with a right hand that leaves Murphy sleeping against the cage! What a finish by Yuri!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Stryder Yuri!
A victorious Stryder Yuri thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.