PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Jacare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Merf Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ronaldo Jacare has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Jacare
vs
Murphy

180 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Versus

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ronaldo Jacare!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Merf Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Murphy forces Jacare back against the cage and clinches.
Murphy lands a left hand.
Murphy lands a nice uppercut.
Murphy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jacare with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murphy scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Murphy.

It looks like Ronaldo Jacare has been cut.
Murphy lands a left hand.
Jacare is trying to pull guard but Murphy turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Murphy.
Jacare takes a shot to the head.
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Jacare backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Murphy.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.
Jacare tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Murphy just stands there and leans against the cage.
Murphy lands a shoulder strike.
Murphy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murphy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murphy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jacare is breathing heavily.
Murphy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Jacare is rocked!
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oh Jacare is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Jacare seems to have got his legs back now.
Murphy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Murphy lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Jacare to his knees! Murphy keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Merf Murphy!
Merf Murphy spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.