PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Arjay Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walet Franks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy comes to the cage accompanied by 4 Minutes to Lockdown by Redman & Method Man. Arjay Murphy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Walet Franks's chin.

Murphy
vs
Franks

174 cm
22
142 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

170 cm
23
142 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arjay Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Walet Franks!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franks swats away the attempt to clinch by Murphy.
Nice shot by Murphy.
Nice shot lands for Franks.
Murphy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Franks throws a series of punches but Murphy avoids them all with ease.
Franks misses with a wild combination.
Murphy closes the distance but Franks moves to the side
and Franks counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Murphy thinking.
Franks throws a right and a left that both miss.
Murphy fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy throws a hook but Franks blocks it.
Walet Franks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franks misses with a double jab
and Murphy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Murphy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Murphy tries to pull guard but Franks holds him up against the cage and eventually Murphy drops back down to his feet.
Murphy fails to pull guard.
Murphy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Franks walks away with a smile on his face. Murphy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arjay Murphy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Franks feints a jab promting Murphy to slip. Franks then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Murphy slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Franks throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Franks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Franks swats away the attempt to clinch by Murphy.
Franks getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy dodges the punch combination from Franks.

Murphy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Franks, pushing him back against the cage.
Franks wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Murphy is trying to pull guard but Franks has him pressed against the cage.
Murphy tries to pull guard but Franks holds him up against the cage and eventually Murphy drops back down to his feet.
Murphy fails to pull guard.
Murphy jumps guard but Franks stands there with Murphy around his waist. Murphy gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Murphy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Franks wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Murphy is trying to pull guard but Franks has him pressed against the cage.
Murphy looking to throw knees to the head but Franks is blocking nicely.
Murphy fails to pull guard.

Franks manages to pull guard.
Franks wants to sweep here but Murphy controlling him for the moment.
Franks trying to keep a closed guard but Murphy is proving a slippery customer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Murphy sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Franks is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Walet Franks will probably get the nod.
That's time! Murphy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Murphy misses with a two punch combination.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Franks.
Murphy tries to clinch but Franks is having none of it.
Franks takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murphy cracks Franks with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Murphy avoids a kick to the body.

Franks rushes Murphy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Murphy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Franks smiles and moves away.
Franks comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Franks manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Franks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Franks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murphy moves out of range as Franks strikes.
Franks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murphy moves out of range as Franks throws a body kick.
Murphy tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a hook to the body
and Franks counters with a series of strikes. Murphy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Murphy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Franks catches Murphy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walet Franks seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murphy misses with a straight right.
Murphy swings away with a body shot that misses

and Franks counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Murphy tries to pull guard but Franks forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Murphy ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Murphy no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Murphy looking for a guillotine here but Franks defends easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Franks won't allow Murphy to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Franks stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Murphy displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Franks swinging wildly here.
Murphy tries to clinch up but Franks circles away and keeps his distance.
Murphy tried to score with a low kick but Franks checks it.
Murphy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franks lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murphy circles away quickly and effectively.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Franks swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Franks clinches with his opponent.
Murphy fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arjay Murphy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphy tries to pull guard but Franks holds him up against the cage and eventually Murphy drops back down to his feet.

Franks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Franks misses with a double jab

and Murphy counters by clinching up.
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 Arjay Murphy will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Franks throws a nice looking combination but Murphy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Walet Franks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab from Murphy finds it's way through Franks's defenses.

Franks has Murphy up against the cage in a clinch.
Murphy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Murphy tries to pull guard but Franks forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Murphy tries to pull guard but Franks holds him up against the cage and eventually Murphy drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arjay Murphy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphy is trying to pull guard but Franks turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Murphy jumps guard but Franks stands there with Murphy around his waist. Murphy gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Murphy jumps guard but Franks turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Franks wants to get back to striking at distance but Murphy won't allow it.

Franks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Franks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murphy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Murphy lands with a cross.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Franks.
Murphy misses the jab.
A combination from Franks does no damage.
Franks throws a nice looking combination but Murphy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Franks closes the distance and pushes Murphy back into the cage.
Murphy is trying to pull guard but Franks turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Murphy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Franks walks away with a smile on his face. Murphy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Franks slips under a jab from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy slips a jab and a cross from Franks.
Franks moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Franks moves into the clinch.
Murphy is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Franks to keep the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy keeps control of Franks as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Walet Franks seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Murphy misses with a knee to the head.
Franks tries to break the clinch but Murphy is controlling the position.

Franks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Franks misses.
Franks throws a head kick but Murphy moves out of range.
Franks misses with a hook
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
Murphy avoids the head kick by Franks.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Franks circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Franks.
Franks blocks a jab.

Franks has closed the distance and engaged Murphy in a clinch.
Murphy tries to pull guard but Franks forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Murphy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Franks walks away with a smile on his face. Murphy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Franks tries to bum rush Murphy with a series of wild strikes but Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murphy is looking to wear down Franks with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Franks lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Walet Franks comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Franks 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walet Franks!