PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Nukem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy comes to the cage accompanied by Game of Thrones - The Rains of Castamere. Duke Nukem will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Murphy
vs
Nukem

150 cm
29
258 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

193 cm
30
246 lbs
22 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Sydney Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Duke Nukem!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nukem throws a body shot but no joy.
Murphy is looking to counter punch.
A head kick misses from Nukem.
Murphy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murphy sizes up Nukem with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nukem avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nukem jabs at Murphy's body.
Murphy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nukem keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Duke Nukem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nukem with a nice cross.
Nukem uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nukem is looking to clinch.
Murphy blocks a low kick nicely.
Nukem tries to land a body kick
and Nukem takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Nukem is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a left hand
and Nukem cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nukem keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Despite the aggression on Nukem's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Nukem fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murphy is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Nukem fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Joe Murphy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Nukem fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Murphy, pushing him back against the cage.

Murphy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No joy there for Murphy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nukem thumps Murphy with a low kick.
Murphy misses with a lunging right hand
letting Nukem counter with a right hand.

It looks like Joe Murphy has been cut.
Murphy misses with a looping right.
A jab from Murphy finds it's way through Nukem's defenses.
Murphy lands with a hook. Nukem tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nukem cracks a nice hook into Murphy's ribs.
Nukem lands with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nukem keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Murphy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've been informed that Nukem has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Murphy is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nukem scores with a jab to the head.
Murphy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nukem tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Murphy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As Nukem looks to move away, Murphy throws a big counter combo but Nukem just gets out of the way.

Nukem instigates a clinch.
Nukem misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy tries to break the clinch but Nukem is controlling the position.
Murphy wants to break free but Nukem has control.
A frustrated look appears on Murphy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nukem displaying some good clinch control by pressing Murphy up against the cage.
Murphy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nukem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Murphy blocks a body shot from Nukem.

Murphy manages to break the clinch.
Murphy lands a slapping body shot.
Murphy misses with a hook.
Murphy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nukem stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nukem looks winded!
Murphy takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nukem throws a wild body kick that Murphy sees coming a mile off.
Murphy throws an overhand right that lands on Nukem's shoulder, as Nukem tries to avoid the shot.
Murphy looks to land a left hand but Nukem moved out of range nicely.
Nukem is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nukem slips a jab from Murphy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nukem.

Nukem moves into the clinch.

Murphy manages to break the clinch.
Good leg kick by Nukem there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Murphy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nukem throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Nukem misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murphy.
Murphy walks into a straight right hand from Nukem.
Murphy blocks a head kick by Nukem.
Nukem lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nukem throws a shot to the body.
Nukem scores with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nukem looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Nukem dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Murphy's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nukem misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Murphy throwing a counter right hand but Nukem manages to avoid it.
Nukem walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Murphy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
It looked like Murphy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nukem turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nukem staying out of range there.
Nukem misses with a low kick as Murphy jumps back.

Nukem moves into range and clinches up with Murphy.

Murphy manages to break the clinch.
Nukem moves away from the strike by Murphy.
Murphy misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nukem misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nukem tries to land a leg kick but Murphy saw it coming and moves away.
Nukem throws a nice inside leg kick.
A combination from Murphy does no damage.
Nukem goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nukem lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nukem lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Murphy moves out of range of the leg kick from Nukem.
Murphy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nukem.
Murphy misses with a series of wild punches.
Nukem wants to slow Murphy down by chopping away at his legs.
Murphy throws a right hand that Nukem ducks under and follows up with a left that Nukem also avoids with ease.
Murphy moves out of range as Nukem throws a body kick.
Murphy throwing a counter right hand but Nukem manages to avoid it.
Murphy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Murphy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nukem thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Murphy if he has to take too many more of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nukem bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nukem counters with a body kick.
Murphy throws the left hand but Nukem avoids the punch easily.
Nukem tries to work over Murphy's front leg with a kick but Murphy checks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nukem slips a jab from Murphy.
The fighters circling - Nukem throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nukem lands with a kick to the ribs.
Nukem dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murphy. That did some damage!
Jab, jab by Nukem - just one landing.
Nukem tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Murphy is looking to counter punch.
Nukem is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nukem throws a push kick but Murphy slaps the foot to one side.
Murphy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Murphy misses with a double jab.
Duke Nukem seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nukem throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nukem throws a leg kick but Murphy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Murphy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nukem connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nukem throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice body kick there by Nukem.
Nukem cracks the inside of Murphy's front leg.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nukem.
Nukem jabs Murphy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nukem scores with a nice strike.
Nukem is looking to slow Murphy down with leg kicks.
Murphy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murphy will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
Nukem slips under a jab from Murphy.
Murphy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nukem can pounce on him.
Nukem avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nukem avoids the body shot from Murphy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nukem lands a nice looking body kick.
A low kick from Nukem misses
and Murphy counters with a straight right hand.
Nukem uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Murphy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nukem scores with a head kick.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nukem was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Nukem thuds his right hand into Murphy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Joe Murphy's cut is getting worse.
Nukem connects with a looping right hand.
A big right from Murphy misses.
Nukem has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nukem moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Nukem showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joe Murphy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.

Nukem throws a leg kick which misses Murphy's front leg but catches the back leg as Murphy tries to avoid it.
Nukem scores with a hook to the body. Murphy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
An inside leg kick from Nukem misses.
Murphy looks to land a right hand but Nukem moved out of range.
Murphy is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Nukem's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Murphy crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Nukem - the referee stops the clock and Murphy gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Nukem. Murphy manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nukem delivers a nice body kick.
Murphy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Murphy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Murphy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nukem on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nukem scores with a nice right hand.
Murphy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Murphy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Nukem was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nukem bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Murphy's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nukem can pounce on him.
Nukem's corner calls for a 1-2. Nukem obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nukem has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nukem will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Murphy is looking to counter punch.
Murphy walks into a left hand.
Nukem scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Murphy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nukem throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nukem throws a nice inside leg kick.
Murphy takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Both fighters circling a little - Nukem finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Nukem delivers a nice body kick.
Nukem fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Joe Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duke Nukem is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nukem delivers a nice body kick.
Nukem throws a head kick that half lands.
Nukem lands a nice looking body kick.
Nukem slips a jab and a cross from Murphy.
Nukem keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Nukem does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murphy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nukem swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Murphy.
Nukem stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Murphy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Murphy throws a jab when Nukem was well out of range.
Murphy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nukem throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Murphy.
Murphy swings widly with a right hand
enabling Nukem to counter with a crisp jab.
That kick from Nukem tenderised Murphy's leg. Murphy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nukem paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nukem, right into the meat.
Nukem connects with a solid leg kick.
Nukem looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Murphy moves out of range of the leg kick from Nukem.
Murphy takes one to the chin there.
Nukem tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Murphy swivels and escapes.
It looked like Murphy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nukem feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Murphy's calf.
Murphy throws a jab when Nukem was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Nukem. That one must have hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nukem doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Murphy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nukem sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murphy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nukem scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murphy in his tracks.
Murphy throws a big shot that misses.
Nukem throws a counter combo.
Nukem thuds a left hand into Murphy's body.
Nukem changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nukem throws a nice looking combination but Murphy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A solid body kick from Nukem.
Nukem lands a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Duke Nukem comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nukem has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Duke Nukem!
After winning the bout, Duke Nukem thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.