PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaven Murphy (ranked 2419 p4p, 3316 weight class) and Ulysses Corbin (ranked 276 p4p, 374 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Murphy
vs
Corbin

185 cm
22
219
6 - 5 - 0

189 cm
25
219
10 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kaven Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ulysses Corbin!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Corbin gets tackled into the cage by Murphy. Murphy maintains the clinch.
Corbin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Murphy avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Murphy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Corbin's defenses.
Corbin is working for takedown but Murphy is calmly controlling the position for now.
Murphy is leaning against Corbin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murphy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Corbin up against the cage.
Murphy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Corbin swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Corbin blocks with his arms.
Murphy lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Corbin manages to break the clinch.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Corbin was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corbin scores with a body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Murphy there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Corbin. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Murphy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Corbin misses with a looping left.
Murphy is looking to counter the offense by Corbin and move into the clinch.

Murphy takes the fight into the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Murphy has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Murphy lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Ulysses Corbin has been cut.
Murphy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Corbin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Murphy scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corbin looking to stall.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Corbin blocks with his arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Corbin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Murphy seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Corbin can turn it around.
Murphy is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Kaven Murphy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ulysses Corbin.
Murphy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Corbin backwards.
Murphy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Corbin is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Murphy is defending well.
Murphy leaning his opponent against the cage.
Murphy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Murphy landing knees to the body.
Corbin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Murphy has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corbin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Corbin trying to control the position but instead, Murphy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Corbin into the cage.
Murphy is pushing Corbin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Corbin prevents a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Corbin's defenses.
Murphy lands with a right to the head.
Corbin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Murphy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nice elbow from Murphy.
Corbin wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Murphy is struggling to control the position.
Corbin takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch on the inside from Corbin fails to land.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Corbin blocks with his arms.
Murphy misses with a punch to the body.
Corbin gets through Murphy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Corbin misses with a body punch.
Murphy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corbin is trying to break the clinch but Murphy has him pressed against the cage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Corbin wants a takedown but no success here.
Murphy pushes off an throws an elbow but Corbin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Corbin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy landing knees to the head.
Corbin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Murphy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Corbin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murphy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Corbin.
Corbin misses with some punches.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Murphy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Corbin throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Murphy gets through Corbin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Murphy stalling.

Corbin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Corbin looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Corbin throws an off balance right hand
and Murphy counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy wants to clinch up but Corbin keeps it at a distance.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Corbin.
Corbin throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Murphy counters by clinching up.
Murphy lands a nice knee to the body.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Murphy pushes Corbin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Corbin.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Corbin's elbow.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy scores a nice knee to the body.
Corbin is looking to take this one to the mat.
Murphy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Corbin.
Murphy lands a nice elbow.
Murphy struggles to land a body shot inside as Corbin controls his hands.
Murphy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Corbin looks winded!
Murphy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Corbin up against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Murphy obliges.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Corbin being controlled against the cage.
Murphy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Corbin is defending well for now.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but Corbin blocks it.
Corbin wants a takedown.
Corbin is trying to break the clinch but Murphy has him pressed against the cage.
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but Corbin avoids the damage to the body.
Murphy pushes off an throws an elbow but Corbin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Murphy's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murphy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy stalling.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Corbin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Murphy.
Corbin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Corbin has Murphy pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Murphy manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Murphy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Corbin or not.
Murphy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Corbin goes for a takedown in the clinch but Murphy prevents it.
Corbin wants to take the fight to the mat but Murphy manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Corbin breaks the clinch.
Murphy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy throws the left hand but Corbin avoids the punch easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kaven Murphy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ulysses Corbin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Corbin moves away.
Corbin throws a series of strikes that have Murphy backpedaling.

Murphy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A knee to the head by Murphy.
Murphy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Corbin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Corbin being controlled against the cage.
Murphy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy has Corbin pressed against the cage.
Murphy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murphy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kaven Murphy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Corbin stalling in the clinch but Murphy improves position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy prevents the takedown attempt.

Corbin lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Corbin is breathing heavily.
Murphy has hold of Corbin's hands but Corbin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Murphy pushes Corbin off and gets back to his feet.
Murphy connects with the punch.

Corbin is rocked!
Murphy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Corbin can do to turn this around?
Murphy lands a nice hook to Corbin's body. Corbin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Corbin is still on wobbly legs! Can Murphy finish him?
Kaven Murphy is winning the standup battle so far.
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Corbin seems to have recovered his senses.
Corbin avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murphy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Corbin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Corbin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Murphy tries to clinch up but Corbin circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy connects with a body shot.
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murphy tries to clinch there but Corbin circles away.
Corbin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murphy throws a hook but Corbin blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Corbin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Corbin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Murphy tries to avoid it but Corbin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Murphy to the ground. Murphy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Murphy throwing a counter right hand but Corbin manages to avoid it.
Corbin misses with a left hand
and Murphy counters with a straight right hand.
Murphy steps in with a hook that catches Corbin right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Murphy follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Corbin looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaven Murphy!
A less than humble Kaven Murphy misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.