PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Murdoch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Emperor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Murdoch has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Murdoch
vs
Emperor

194 cm
21
240 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
22
245 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Canadian Fighter Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Murdoch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fedor Emperor !
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murdoch leaves Emperor with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Murdoch gets a takedown into half guard.
Murdoch prevents Emperor from improving his position.
Emperor looks like he's trying to stand up.
Murdoch keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Murdoch seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Emperor for as long as he can get away with.
Murdoch tries to pass the half guard into mount. Emperor knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdoch wants to get back to his feet.
Murdoch is pressing down on Emperor 's thigh, looking to free his foot. Emperor is holding on for now.
Emperor is refusing to be controlled, as Murdoch sits in half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Emperor doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Murdoch counters with a shoot takedown. Emperor fights it but they end up in guard.
Murdoch has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Emperor is proving hard to escape from.
Murdoch trying to control but Emperor is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdoch stopping the sweep attempt from Emperor .
Murdoch trying to control the position from guard on top but Emperor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Murdoch controlling from the top position.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Emperor looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Emperor throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdoch sitting in guard here, content to control.

Emperor has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Murdoch off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Emperor with a lazy takedown attempt

so Murdoch counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Mike Murdoch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fedor Emperor .
Murdoch is breathing heavily.
Emperor keeping full guard, as Murdoch tries to pass.
Emperor is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Emperor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Murdoch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emperor is striking off his back. Murdoch thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Murdoch trying to control the pace.
Emperor regains full guard. Nicely done.
Emperor throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Emperor looking to control.
Emperor manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Murdoch manages to get himself to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Murdoch dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Emperor fails with the takedown

and Murdoch counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Murdoch knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Emperor on the ground.
Emperor wants to sweep here but Murdoch controlling him for the moment.
Murdoch is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Emperor keeping moving, preventing Murdoch from controlling successfully.
Emperor will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Murdoch decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Emperor , up you get!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Murdoch gets the takedown into side control.
Emperor wants to control but Murdoch postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emperor gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Emperor trying to control but Murdoch postures up.
Emperor flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Emperor is looking for a sweep. Murdoch is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Emperor makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Emperor .
Emperor doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Emperor bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Murdoch's guard.
Emperor wanted to stand there but Murdoch had control of the position.
Emperor distracts Murdoch with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Emperor won't allow Murdoch to sweep him here.
Emperor works over Murdoch with some ground and pound from guard.
Mike Murdoch overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Murdoch is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Murdoch has momentary wrist control but Emperor slips an elbow through the middle.
Emperor wants to control from the top but Murdoch keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emperor landing with the ground and pound.
Emperor postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Emperor lands a couple of digs.
Emperor trying to control the position from guard on top but Murdoch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Emperor distracts Murdoch with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Emperor postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Emperor pushing down on Murdoch's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdoch tries to roll over but Emperor keeps him under control.
Emperor winds up and cracks Murdoch with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Emperor slips a nice elbow through Murdoch's hands, connecting with Murdoch's forehead.
Murdoch on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Murdoch tries to get out of the position.

Emperor decides to stand up.
Emperor wants to clinch but Murdoch slips to the side
and Murdoch counters with a three punch combo that has Emperor backing up. Emperor nods at Murdoch to acknowledge the strikes.
Murdoch swats away the attempt to clinch by Emperor .
Emperor lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murdoch misses with a takedown attempt - Emperor sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Emperor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Emperor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Murdoch shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Emperor defends it nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Murdoch checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Murdoch instigates a clinch.

Murdoch successfully pulls guard.
Emperor working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Murdoch's head.
Emperor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Murdoch is keeping the position for now.
Emperor postures up and lands a big shot to Murdoch's brow.
Murdoch has momentary wrist control but Emperor slips an elbow through the middle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Emperor cracks Murdoch with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emperor pushes down on Murdoch's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Murdoch is trying to maintain the position but Emperor is very close to passing his half guard.
Emperor looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Murdoch wants to control but Emperor passes into side.

Emperor decides to stand back up.
Emperor with a poor takedown
and Murdoch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Emperor fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Murdoch avoids it really well and circles away.
A jab from Emperor finds it's way through Murdoch's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Murdoch looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Emperor keeping moving, preventing Murdoch from controlling successfully.
Murdoch throws a big right hand that misses.
Murdoch throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Murdoch thows a big elbow that misses.
Emperor trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdoch postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Emperor working a defensive guard here.
Emperor is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Emperor tries to clinch up.

Murdoch looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Murdoch avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Emperor is looking to stand up but Murdoch isn't so interested in that idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdoch trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Murdoch prevents Emperor from getting back to his feet.
Murdoch passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Murdoch prevents Emperor from standing back up.
Murdoch trying to control from half guard but Emperor is working away.
Murdoch blocks the strikes from Emperor .

And that's the end of the fight!
Fedor Emperor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Emperor has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fedor Emperor !