PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harrison F Doubleday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raheem Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doubleday's entrance music is Working Man by Rush. A fine choice. Murphy has chosen hilo as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

F Doubleday
vs
Murphy

178 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

188 cm
26
193 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Harrison F Doubleday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Raheem Murphy!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doubleday moves out of range of the body kick from Murphy.
Murphy moves in looking to clinch but Doubleday pushes him off.
Doubleday takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Murphy lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Murphy lands a two punch combo.
Murphy lands a slapping body shot.
Murphy tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Doubleday manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy lands with a nice combination. Doubleday backs away looking to recover.
Murphy lands a jab to Doubleday's midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Doubleday avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murphy tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Doubleday manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy cracks Doubleday with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doubleday circles away from the clinch attempt.
Doubleday takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Murphy throws a nice looking combination but Doubleday bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Doubleday takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Murphy is looking to clinch.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Doubleday avoids them all with ease.
A jab from Murphy finds it's way through Doubleday's defenses.
Murphy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Doubleday looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Murphy throws a series of strikes that have Doubleday backpedaling.
Murphy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Doubleday rather than just go for the knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy thuds a left hand into Doubleday's body.
Doubleday on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Murphy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Murphy is working the combinations to good effect here.
Murphy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Doubleday swats away the attempt to clinch by Murphy.
Murphy connects with a right hand. Doubleday shakes it off.
Murphy throws a right hand that Doubleday ducks under and follows up with a left that Doubleday also avoids with ease.

Murphy clinches up against the ropes.

Murphy breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A nice combination there by Murphy.
Raheem Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Murphy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Doubleday doesn't seem bothered though.
Doubleday fails with a takedown attempt.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Doubleday swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Raheem Murphy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Doubleday paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Murphy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Murphy manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch but Doubleday swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murphy throws a nice looking combination but Doubleday bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Doubleday gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Doubleday shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Doubleday is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Doubleday with a nice head shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Doubleday working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Doubleday trying to control but Murphy is working from the bottom.
Doubleday won't allow Murphy to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raheem Murphy dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Murphy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Doubleday's head backwards.
Murphy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Doubleday's head.
Murphy throws a right hand that Doubleday ducks under and follows up with a left that Doubleday also avoids with ease.
Good exchange - Murphy coming out on top.
Harrison F Doubleday is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Doubleday dives in and grabs Murphy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Murphy pushes down on Doubleday's head and hops out.
Murphy tries to clinch but Doubleday is having none of it.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Doubleday swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Doubleday keeps the fight on the outside.

Doubleday feints and as Murphy raises his hands in defense, Doubleday changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Murphy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doubleday missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Doubleday postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Murphy trying to keep a closed guard but Doubleday is proving a slippery customer.
Doubleday is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Doubleday with a flurry of punches that miss.
Murphy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Doubleday postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Doubleday throws a big right hand that misses.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Murphy wants to stand but Doubleday is controlling the position.
Doubleday throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Doubleday wants to control from the top but Murphy keeps moving.
Doubleday trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Doubleday slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Doubleday showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Murphy.
Murphy doesn't manage to clinch there - Doubleday circles away.
Raheem Murphy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murphy throws a series of strikes that have Doubleday backpedaling.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Doubleday.
Murphy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a nice looking combination but Doubleday bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Doubleday circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murphy throws out a powerful jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Murphy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Murphy moves in looking to clinch but Doubleday pushes him off.
Murphy throws a jab when Doubleday was well out of range.
Doubleday on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Doubleday paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murphy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Murphy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Doubleday staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Murphy is looking to clinch but Doubleday is avoiding it.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch but Doubleday swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murphy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murphy wants to clinch.

Doubleday shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Doubleday lands a nice short elbow.
Murphy gets back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Harrison F Doubleday will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Murphy misses with a double jab.
Murphy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murphy lands with a good body shot.
Murphy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Murphy lands a two punch combo.
Murphy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Doubleday.
Murphy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Murphy moves in looking to clinch but Doubleday pushes him off.

Doubleday looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Murphy!
Murphy wants to control but Doubleday is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Doubleday kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Doubleday prevents Murphy from getting the reversal.
The referee warns Murphy that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Murphy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Murphy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Doubleday unloading with bombs!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Doubleday with good strikes from the mount here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Doubleday working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Doubleday postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Murphy badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Doubleday around the waist but Doubleday pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Doubleday is the winner by TKO! Doubleday jumps onto the ropes and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harrison F Doubleday!