PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Piroco Murcho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and cedric caraan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Piroco Murcho has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Piroco Murcho seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Murcho
vs
caraan

179 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

182 cm
19
194 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Piroco Murcho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, cedric caraan!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murcho scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like cedric caraan has been cut.
caraan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murcho.
caraan swats away the attempt to clinch by Murcho.
Murcho misses with a wild combination.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from caraan.
caraan staying out of range there.
A big left from Murcho misses.
caraan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Murcho falls off balance throwing a combination

so caraan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Murcho uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Murcho falls off balance throwing a combination

and caraan counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Murcho's guard now.
caraan trying to control but Murcho is working from the bottom.

caraan drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and caraan jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murcho wants to sweep here but caraan controlling him for the moment.
Murcho wants to stand but caraan is controlling the position.

caraan is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Murcho wants to stand up but caraan is controlling him.

caraan is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Murcho shoots and misses

and caraan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Murcho's guard.

caraan drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and caraan jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
caraan looks gassed!
Murcho wants to get back to his feet but caraan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murcho looking for a sweep. Not yet Murcho, not yet.
Murcho has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Murcho is on top in guard.

caraan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Murcho lands a couple of digs.
Murcho connects with a couple of short punches.
Murcho chips away with some ground and pound.
caraan wants to stand up but Murcho is controlling him.
Murcho landing with the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Murcho's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

caraan is looking for a triangle but Murcho pushes his legs off easily.
Murcho tries to free his leg and advance position but caraan is retaining full guard.
Murcho distracts caraan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Murcho lands a couple of digs.

Murcho gets to his feet - caraan follows without any prompting.
Murcho missing with a left hand there. caraan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murcho misses with a wild combination.
Murcho stalks caraan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into caraan's face. caraan staggers backwards, shaken.
Piroco Murcho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Murcho misses.
Murcho throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and caraan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from caraan.
Murcho throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck caraan on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murcho throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and caraan counters with a single leg into guard. Murcho didn't expect that.
Murcho is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst caraan is controlling him.
Murcho keeping moving, preventing caraan from controlling successfully.
Murcho tries to land a sweep but no joy.

caraan drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and caraan jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

caraan drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and caraan jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murcho wants to stand and escape but caraan is having none of it.

caraan postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Murcho is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of caraan, into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but cedric caraan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on cedric caraan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A lazy left from Murcho finds it's target.
Murcho looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
caraan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Murcho.

Murcho throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. caraan was covering up waiting for the punch and Murcho finishes the takedown easily into guard.

caraan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Murcho gets to his feet - caraan follows without any prompting.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murcho throws a left and a right that both miss
and caraan counters with a left to the body.
Murcho stuns caraan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murcho stalks caraan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into caraan's face. caraan staggers backwards, shaken.
caraan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

caraan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Murcho looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Murcho is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Murcho is trying to stand.
Murcho tries to get to full guard but caraan has control of the leg.
cedric caraan has got the better of the ground game so far.

caraan is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Murcho is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). cedric caraan!