PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Adams
vs
Murphy

173 cm
24
142 lbs
14 - 5 - 1

171 cm
27
130 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

[WAO]MADE IN GERMANY
[WAO]MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Bryan Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Adams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murphy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Adams misses with a two punch combination.
Murphy lands a leg kick that knocks Adams off balance momentarily.
Murphy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Adams looks to land a combination but Murphy avoids it well.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murphy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Adams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Adams misses with a body shot.
Adams tries to clinch but Murphy moves out of range.
Adams is looking to clinch but Murphy is avoiding it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Adams does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams throws a right hand that misses
and Murphy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
David Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
Adams takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Adams throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Adams lands a right hook to the body.
Adams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Adams swinging wildly here.
Adams swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams misses with a two punch combination.
Murphy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Adams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Adams misses the shot to the body.
Murphy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Adams is looking to wear down Murphy with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adams chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murphy can pounce on him.
Murphy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Adams moves away from the strike by Murphy.
Bryan Adams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice jab there from Adams.
Sloppy strikes from Adams. Those never looked like landing.
Adams moves in looking to clinch but Murphy pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams cracks Murphy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Murphy throws a shot from downtown. Adams moves away and avoids it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Murphy checks a leg kick.
Adams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adams is looking to clinch.
Adams gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Adams avoids them all with ease.
Adams moves out of range of the strikes.
Murphy misses with a looping right.
Nice cross by Murphy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murphy.
Adams slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Adams fails to land with a series of punches.
Murphy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Adams.
Adams uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Murphy throws out a loose jab but Adams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy throws a head kick but Adams moves out of range.
Adams wants to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adams lands a leg kick that knocks Murphy off balance momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but David Murphy will probably get the nod.
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 throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a right hand
and Adams counters with a straight right hand.
Adams scores with a jab.
Adams looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Adams takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Murphy tries a head kick but it misses.
Murphy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murphy misses with an uppercut
and Adams counters with a nice uppercut.
Adams digs a good hook to Murphy's body.
Murphy blocks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy avoids the body shot from Adams.
Murphy tried to score with a low kick but Adams checks it.
Adams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adams. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Adams manages to avoid it.
Murphy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Adams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Murphy swings widly with a right hand
and Adams counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Adams moves in looking to clinch but Murphy pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Adams.
Adams thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Adams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Adams swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy is looking to land body kicks.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murphy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murphy misses with a body kick.
Adams bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Adams lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Adams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
David Murphy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Adams tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Murphy misses with an uppercut
and Adams counters with an outside leg kick.
Murphy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adams takes a jab right on the kisser.
Murphy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Adams moves in looking to clinch but Murphy pushes him off.
Adams tries to clinch up.
Murphy takes a swing at Adams's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams looks to clinch
and Murphy counters with a straight right hand.
Adams lands a nice hook to Murphy's body. Murphy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Murphy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Adams tries to clinch up but Murphy circles away and keeps his distance.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murphy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adams wants to clinch up but Murphy keeps it at a distance.
Adams slips a straight right by Murphy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adams uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
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 Bryan Adams will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Adams lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Adams doesn't manage to clinch there - Murphy circles away.
Adams defending well as Murphy loads up on a big left hand.
Murphy throws a hook but Adams blocks it.
Murphy swats away the attempt to clinch by Adams.
Murphy with a hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Adams.
Murphy jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Murphy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Adams has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Murphy looks to throw the jab but Adams is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Adams as he avoids it easily.
Murphy throws a solid leg kick but Adams takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Murphy.
Adams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murphy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Adams throws a nice looking combination but Murphy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Murphy feints and then cracks Adams's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Adams down.
Murphy throws a hook to the side of Adams's head but Adams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murphy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Adams scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Adams clinches with his opponent.
Adams works on Murphy's body with a couple of short punches.
Adams crunches a lovely knee into Murphy's ribcage.
Murphy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Adams throws an elbow but it misses.
Adams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Adams.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Adams controls the action.
Murphy looking to stall.
Adams misses with a punch on the inside.
Murphy lands with a short shot to the head.
Adams creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Murphy's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Adams obliges.
Murphy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Adams struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Adams.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Adams can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.

Murphy manages to break the clinch.
Adams wants to clinch up but Murphy keeps it at a distance.
Murphy misses with a straight right.
Adams goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Adams wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Adams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Adams.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murphy.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Adams moves away.
Adams moves into range and connects with a jab.
Adams lands a nice hook to Murphy's body. Murphy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Adams is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adams misses with a left hand
letting Murphy counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adams moves forwards but Murphy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Murphy scores with a hook to the body. Adams takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bryan Adams.
I think Adams has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... David Murphy!