PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Bellum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DropKick Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bellum kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Daddy Yankee - Limbo . Murphy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Warrior's Code kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Chris Bellum has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bellum
vs
Murphy

189 cm
24
211 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

194 cm
23
223 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Bellum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, DropKick Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Murphy tries to keep at a distance but Bellum has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bellum.
Murphy lands a right hand.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Bellum avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the cage.
Bellum lands a right hand that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bellum.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Bellum swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bellum lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murphy lands a nice uppercut.
Bellum swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bellum.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bellum working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Murphy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Bellum seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Murphy can turn it around.
A short uppercut from Bellum.
Bellum working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bellum lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bellum misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.
Bellum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Bellum misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bellum.
Bellum lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
Bellum throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bellum blocks an uppercut.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bellum throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
Murphy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murphy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bellum throws a head punch that misses.
Bellum swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bellum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bellum.
Murphy takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bellum misses with a punch on the inside.
Murphy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Murphy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bellum or not.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Murphy lands a nice uppercut.
Bellum blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Bellum swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy pushes Bellum back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bellum.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bellum scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Murphy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Bellum avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the cage.
Murphy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Bellum fails to land.
Bellum makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bellum lands with a right to the head.
Bellum swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
I was talking to Bellum's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bellum swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bellum.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Murphy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bellum backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bellum creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murphy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bellum swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bellum.
Bellum lands a left hand.
Bellum lands a hook that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Bellum lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Bellum.

Murphy is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bellum fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy is still on wobbly legs! Can Bellum finish him?
Bellum working aggressively here.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
Murphy seems to have recovered his senses.
Bellum lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bellum blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bellum blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bellum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bellum misses with the head strike.
A short right from Bellum.
Bellum lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bellum misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bellum fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bellum blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Bellum fails to land.
A short right from Bellum.
Bellum lands a big right hand that drops Murphy! The killer instinct kicks in and Bellum finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Bellum!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Bellum!
Our winner, Chris Bellum, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated DropKick Murphy had this to say: 'That was a wicked pisser.'.