PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tobias Murphy (ranked 606 p4p, 84 weight class) and Logan Justis (ranked 1148 p4p, 150 weight class). Justis comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wolf Totem - The HU kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Murphy
vs
Justis

179 cm
31
170 lbs
17 - 10 - 2

189 cm
30
183 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tobias Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Logan Justis!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murphy can pounce on him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Justis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Murphy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've been informed that Justis 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.
Justis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Justis.
Justis throws a good cross that connects.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Justis misses with a hook to the body
and Murphy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Justis's knee momentarily.
Justis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murphy fires out a quick counter leg kick but Justis just manages to avoid it.
Justis lands with a straight right. Murphy didn't see that one coming.
Murphy defending well as Justis loads up on a big left hand.
Justis misses with the combination.
Murphy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Justis only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Justis connects with the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Murphy misses with a straight right.
Justis throws a head kick that misses.
Justis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
Murphy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Justis thuds his right hand into Murphy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justis drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Murphy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Justis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Murphy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Justis is out of range.
Murphy looks to land a combination but Justis avoids it well.
Justis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Murphy lands a nice hook to Justis's body. Justis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Justis throws a push kick but Murphy slaps the foot to one side.
Murphy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Justis avoids a kick to the body.
Murphy blocks a jab.
Justis misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Murphy misses.
It seemed like Justis was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Murphy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tobias Murphy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Justis scores with the left hand. Murphy knows he should have avoided that one.
A big left from Justis misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy tries to work over Justis's front leg with a kick but Justis checks it.
Justis misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Justis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murphy. That did some damage!
Murphy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Murphy throws a sloppy head kick and Justis moves out of range easily.
Justis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murphy fires out a quick counter leg kick but Justis just manages to avoid it.
Logan Justis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Justis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
Justis throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy is looking to counter punch.
Murphy checks a leg kick.
Murphy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Justis was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
Justis takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Murphy avoids the head kick by Justis.
Murphy appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Justis misses with a straight right.
A big left from Justis misses.
Murphy tries to land a front kick but Justis steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Justis misses with a straight left.
Murphy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Justis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Justis throws a right hand that misses
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Justis.
Justis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
Justis moves out of range of the leg kick from Murphy.
Justis missing with a left hand there. Murphy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Justis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Murphy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Justis throws a shot to the body.
Justis lands a really nice looking cross but Murphy seems unphased.
Justis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Justis.
Justis with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murphy connects with a solid leg kick.
Murphy loads up on a big right hand but Justis slips the punch.
Murphy stuffs the takedown.
Justis throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Justis is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Murphy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Murphy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Justis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Murphy is looking to wear down Justis with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Justis looks to land a right hand but Murphy moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Justis checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murphy.
Justis misses with a hook
and Murphy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Justis checks a leg kick nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Murphy.
Justis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Justis walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Justis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Murphy.
Justis slips under a jab.
Murphy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Murphy takes a swing at Justis's ribcage but misses.
Justis lands a jab to the head.
Murphy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Justis if he has to take too many more of those.
Justis throws the left hand but Murphy avoids the punch easily.
Murphy is looking to counter with a body kick.
Justis blocks a low kick nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy takes a swing at Justis's ribcage but misses.
Murphy checks a leg kick nicely.
Murphy throws a jab when Justis was well out of range.
Justis misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Justis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Justis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tobias Murphy will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Justis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Justis stalks Murphy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Murphy's face. Murphy staggers backwards, shaken.
Justis misses with a kick to the body
and Justis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murphy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Murphy with a jab.
Murphy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Justis to score with a decent uppercut.
Murphy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Justis moves out of range.
Tobias Murphy is winning the standup battle so far.
Murphy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Justis is out of range and Murphy settles back down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murphy. That's going to slow Justis down.
Murphy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Justis. That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy connects with a leg kick. Justis looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Justis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Justis misses with a straight right.
Justis takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Murphy throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Justis swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Murphy counters with an inside leg kick.
Justis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justis swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Justis staying out of range there.
Justis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Murphy was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Justis throws a lazy uppercut
and Murphy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Justis throws the left hand but Murphy avoids the punch easily.
Murphy is looking to counter with a body kick.
Murphy lands a slapping body shot.
Murphy moves out of range as Justis throws a body kick.
Justis scores with a sloppy right hand. Murphy should have avoided that one.

Justis looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Murphy manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Justis misses with a punch on the inside.
Justis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Justis backwards.

Justis manages to break the clinch.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Murphy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justis throws a low kick, looking for Murphy's leg but Murphy calmly moves out of range.
Justis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murphy throws a push kick but Justis slaps the foot to one side.
Justis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice straight punches there by Murphy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Murphy.
Murphy swings for the body but Justis moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Murphy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Justis has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Justis and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Justis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Murphy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Justis.
A big right from Justis misses.
Murphy lands an overhand right.
Murphy misses with a head kick.
Justis swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Justis throws a looping overhand right but Murphy ducks down to avoid it.
Murphy slips a jab from Justis.
Murphy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Justis takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Justis getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Murphy connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justis just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Murphy misses with a body kick.
Murphy keeps Justis at a distance using the push kick.
Justis misses with an attempted mid kick.
Justis throws a low kick but Murphy moves out of range easily.
Murphy moves out of range as Justis strikes.
Justis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
An inside leg kick lands from Justis.
Murphy tests Justis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Justis.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A lazy left from Murphy finds it's target.
Justis works the jab nicely.
Murphy misses with a straight right.
Justis connects with a nice looking jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Murphy misses.
Nice shot lands for Murphy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy scores with a leg kick.
Justis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Justis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Murphy defending well as Justis loads up on a big left hand.
Justis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Murphy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Murphy moves out of range as Justis strikes.
Justis checks a low kick from Murphy.
Murphy lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Justis.
Murphy throws a push kick but Justis slaps the foot to one side.
Justis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Justis connects with the punch.
Murphy moves out of range of the body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Justis blocks a low kick nicely.
Murphy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Justis flicks out a counter leg kick but Murphy steps away.
Justis tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Murphy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tobias Murphy dominated that second round.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Justis throws a lazy right hand but Murphy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murphy scores with a leg kick.
Justis takes one to the side of the head.
Justis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Justis.
Justis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Justis misses with a shot to the body
and Murphy counters with a good low kick that Justis was not able to check.
Justis cracks a nice hook into Murphy's ribs.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
Justis moves out of range of the leg kick from Murphy.
Justis throws a shot from downtown. Murphy moves away and avoids it.
It appears Murphy was looking to counter with a kick there.
Justis throws a looping overhand right but Murphy ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Murphy misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Justis misses the target.
Justis throws a looping overhand right but Murphy ducks down to avoid it.
Justis dives in and grabs Murphy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Murphy pushes down on Justis's head and hops out.
Justis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
Murphy cracks the inside of Justis's front leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justis throws a push kick but Murphy slaps the foot to one side.
Justis has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Murphy.
Justis throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Justis lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Justis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Murphy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Justis lands a front kick.
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.

Justis dives in and scores a takedown into Murphy's guard.

Murphy manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Justis throws a right hand that misses
and Murphy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Murphy throws a head kick that half lands.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Justis.
Justis misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Justis checks a leg kick nicely.
Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Justis has a takedown stuffed.
Murphy lands a front kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Justis. Justis circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Justis loads up on a big right hand but Murphy slips the punch.
Justis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murphy.
Justis scores with a nice strike.
Justis blocks a head kick by Murphy.
Justis checks a low kick from Murphy.
Justis checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Justis throws a hook but Murphy avoids it easily.
Murphy is looking to counter punch.
Justis throws a right hand that misses
letting Murphy counter with a right hand.
Murphy connects with a leg kick. Justis looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Justis throws a shot to the body.
Murphy scores with a nice right hand.
Justis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murphy slips under a jab.
Murphy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Murphy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Justis is out of range and Murphy settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murphy is looking to slow Justis down with leg kicks.
Murphy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Murphy misses with an uppercut.
Murphy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Justis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Justis misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Justis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An attempted straight right counter from Murphy misses the target.
A good leg kick by Murphy.
Justis missing with a left hand there. Murphy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murphy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murphy moves away from the strike by Justis.
Murphy throws a low kick but Justis moves out of range easily.
Murphy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murphy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Murphy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Logan Justis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice straight punches there by Justis. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Justis.
Tobias Murphy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Murphy.
Murphy slips a jab from Justis.
Murphy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Justis drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Murphy scoring well with a low kick there.
Justis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Justis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice defenses there by Murphy.
Murphy with a hook.
Justis looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Murphy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Justis's hands.
An inside leg kick lands from Murphy.
Murphy lands with a thumping leg kick.
A combination from Justis does no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A low kick from Justis misses
enabling Murphy to counter with a crisp jab.
Murphy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Murphy gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Murphy is working an open guard so Justis takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tobias Murphy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Murphy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tobias Murphy!
Tobias Murphy thanked the fans post fight for their support.